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Emulex Drivers for VMware ESXi 5.0 User Manual

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3. DESCRIPTION The driver s attempt to unregister VPI failed This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1801 Create vport work array FAILED cannot do scsi_host_get DESCRIPTION The driver failed to create a working list of VPorts This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1802 HBQ lt index gt local_hbqGetldx lt index gt is gt than hbqp gt entry_count lt count gt DESCRIPTION An error occurred when processing queue related to an adapter in a particular slot This is a software driver error DATA 1 hbqno 2 local_hbqGetldx 3 entry_count ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1803 Bad hbq tag Data lt tag gt lt count gt DESCRIPTION An error occurred when processing queue related tags for an adapter in a particular slot This is a software driver error DATA 1 tag 2 buffer_count ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1804 Invalid asynchronous event code lt evt code gt DESCRIPTION The asynchronous event code that the firmware passed to the driver is invalid DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 46 gt EMULEX elx_mes1805 Adapter failed to init Data lt command gt lt status gt lt queue
4. ELS Events elx_mes1835 Vport discovery quiesce failed state lt port_state gt fc_flags lt fc_flag gt wait msecs lt jiffies_to_msecs jiffies start_time gt DESCRIPTION Could not pause discovery on this VPort DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 49 gt EMULEX elx_mes1836 Could not issue unreg_login all_rpis status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The unreg_login cannot be issued DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1837 vport_delete failed Cannot delete static vport DESCRIPTION Static VPorts cannot be deleted DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1838 Failed to INIT_VPI on vpi lt vpi gt status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION Failed to INIT_VPI DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1839 Create VPORT failed vname allocation failed DESCRIPTION The driver failed to allocate a buffer for the Virtual Machine name This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1840 Delete VPORT cannot proceed at this time due to SCSI layer busy DESCRIPTION The driver is attempting to delete a vport but one or more rports are still in an error state in the SCSI layer The driver attempts to work around this problem DATA None ACTION None required If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1920 Exec format error Dropping Link state event DESCRIPTION
5. 3 MBX_NOWAIT ACTION None required elx_mes2535 Unsupported RQ count lt entry_count gt DESCRIPTION The receive queue ring can only be 512 1024 2048 or 4096 DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2536 Unsupported RQ count lt entry_count gt DESCRIPTION The receive queue ring can only be 512 1024 2048 or 4096 DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2537 Receive Frame Truncated DESCRIPTION The receive unsolicited handler detected a truncated frame DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 57 gt EMULEX elx_mes2541 Mailbox command lt vpi gt lt mbxCommand gt cannot issue DESCRIPTION The mailbox command does not have all of the fields set correctly DATA 1 sli4_mbx_opcode 2 sli_flag 3 flag ACTION None required elx_mes2543 Mailbox command lt vpi gt lt mbxCommand gt cannot issue DESCRIPTION The mailbox command does not have all of the fields set correctly DATA 1 sli4_mbx_opcode 2 sli_flag 3 flag ACTION None required elx_mes2544 Mailbox command lt vpi gt lt mbxCommand gt cannot issue DESCRIPTION The adapter cannot be accessed on the PCI bus DATA 1 sli4_ mbx_opcode 2 sli_flag 3 flag ACTION None required elx_mes2546 New FCF found index lt index gt tag lt event_tag gt DESCRIPTION A new FCF has been found DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2547 Read FCF record failed DESCRIPTION
6. ACTION None required elx_mes2556 UNREG_VFI mbox allocation failed HBA state lt port_state gt DESCRIPTION Could not allocate memory for the UNREG_VFI mailbox command DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2557 UNREG_VFI issue mbox failed rc lt rc gt HBA state lt port_state gt DESCRIPTION Could not issue the UNREG_VFI mailbox command DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2558 ADD_FCF_RECORD mailbox failed with status lt shdr_status gt add_status lt shdr_add_status gt DESCRIPTION The ADD_FCF_RECORD mailbox command has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2560 Failed to allocate mbox cmd memory DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate mailbox command memory DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2561 Allocated DMA memory size lt alloclen gt is less than the requested DMA memory size lt reqlen gt DESCRIPTION Could not get the memory required for the number of XRIs that are attempting to be posted DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 59 gt EMULEX elx_mes2562 No room left for SCSI XRI allocation max_xri lt sli4_hba max_cfg_param max_xri gt els_xri lt els_xri_cnt gt DESCRIPTION The number of allocated XRIs has reached the max_xri value DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2563 Failed to allocate memory for SCSI XRI management array of size lt sli4_hba scsi_xri_max gt DESCRIPTION Initialization could not allocate
7. DATA None ACTION Unload and reload the driver elx_mes0297 invalid device group lt pci_dev_grp gt DESCRIPTION While unloading the driver the driver detect a PCI device that it should not have claimed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0299 Invalid SLI revision lt sli_rev gt DESCRIPTION While processing a host attention or unrecoverable error the driver detected an invalid SLI revision DATA None ACTION None required Mailbox Events elx_mes0300 LATT Cannot issue READ_LA Data lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The link attention handler could not issue a READ_LA mailbox command DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0303 Ring lt ringno gt handler portRspPut lt portRspPut gt is bigger then rsp ring lt portRspMax gt DESCRIPTION The port rsp ring put index is larger than the size of the rsp ring This error could indicate a software driver firmware or hardware problem DATA None ACTION Report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0304 Stray mailbox interrupt mbxCommand lt mbxcommand gt mbxStatus lt mbxstatus gt DESCRIPTION Received a mailbox completion interrupt There are no outstanding mailbox commands This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem DATA None ACTION If problems persist report the errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0306 CONFIG_LINK mbxStatus error lt mbxStatus gt HBA state lt hba_state gt DESCRIPTION The driver issued a CONFIG_L
8. None required elx_mes0287 Ipfc_alloc_bucket failed to allocate statistical data buffer lt nlp_DID gt DESCRIPTION Memory allocation failed for node s statistical data DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0288 Unknown FCoE event type lt event_type gt event tag lt event_tag gt DESCRIPTION The firmware has detected an unknown FCoE event DATA None ACTION Check the FCoE switch configuration and the adapters DCBX mode elx_mes0289 Issue Register VFI failed Err lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The driver could not register the Virtual Fabric Index for the FCFI DATA None ACTION Check the switch and port configurations elx_mes0290 The SLI4 DCBX asynchronous event is not handled yet DESCRIPTION The SLI 4 DCBX asynchronous event is not handled yet DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0291 Allocated DMA memory size lt alloc_len gt is less than the requested DMA memo rysize lt req_len gt DESCRIPTION The asynchronous DCBX events are not handled in the driver DATA None ACTION Check the switch configuration Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 22 gt EMULEX elx_mes0293 PM resume failed to start workerthread error lt error gt DESCRIPTION The PCI resume hotplug could not start the worker thread for the driver DATA None ACTION Unload and reload the driver elx_mes0294 PM resume Failed to enable interrupt DESCRIPTION The PCI resume hotplug could not get an interrupt vector
9. lt eventTag gt received Data x x x x x xX DESCRIPTION A link down event was received DATA 1 fc_eventTag 2 hba_state 3 fc_flag ACTION If numerous link events are occurring check the physical connections to the Fibre Channel network elx_mes1306 Link Up Event in loop back mode lt eventTag gt received Data x x x x x x x x DESCRIPTION Link up notification configured for loopback DATA 1 fc_eventTag 2 granted_AL_PA 3 UlnkSpeed 4 alpa_map 0 ACTION None required elx_mes1308 Menlo Maint Mode Link up Event x x rcvd Data x x x x x x DESCRIPTION Link up notification is in Menlo maintenance mode DATA 1 fe_eventTag 2 port_state 3 VPort fc_flag ACTION None required elx_mes1309 Link Down Event x x received Data x x x x x x DESCRIPTION The port generated a link down event to the host DATA 1 fe_eventTag 2 port_state 3 VPort fc_flag ACTION None required elx_mes1310 Link Up Event npiv not supported in loop topology DESCRIPTION Loop topologies are not supported when NPIV is enabled DATA None ACTION Put link into fabric mode Port Setup Events elx_mes1400 Failed to initialize sgl list DESCRIPTION Failed to initialize SGL list during initialization DATA None ACTION Reboot the server If the issue persists contact Emulex technical support elx_mes1401 Failed to enable pci device DESCRIPTION Failed to enable PCI device during initialization DATA None ACTION Rebo
10. 8 or 16 performance channels wide The driver prints this warning if it finds the device in a slower or narrower PCl e slot The device continues to work with lesser performance Warning Command to get pause frame set The firmware command to get PAUSE tings failed settings failed Warning Command to set pause frame set The firmware command to change PAUSE tings failed settings failed Warning Command to apply MAC address Driver could not set the MAC address filter on filter failed the hardware The device continues to work There may be an impact on the performance Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 71 Table 5 ESXi Server NIC Event Log Entries Continued gt EMULEX Severity Message Displayed Description Warning Command to delete MAC address The firmware command to delete a MAC filter failed address filter failed The device should continue to work Warning Unable to get Firmware Version The command to get firmware revision number failed The version number is not shown The device must continue to work Warning Did not receive completions for While unloading the driver some outstanding all TX requests transmit requests are found This is an indication that the hardware is not functioning properly Warning Failed to register char device Could not create the char device used for certain management functions The driver must still work You may not
11. ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2731 Cannot find fabric controller node DESCRIPTION The driver was unable to find the fabric controller node in its database DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2732 Failed to issue INIT_VPI mailbox command DESCRIPTION The driver attempted to send a INIT_VPI mailbox command to initialize a VPort but failed to send the mailbox command due to state of the adapter DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2745 Failed to allocate mbox for requesting FCF rediscover DESCRIPTION The driver attempted to rediscover the FCF table but failed to allocate the memory needed This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2746 Failed FCF rediscover mailbox command failure DESCRIPTION The adapter returned a failure on the FCF rediscover mailbox command DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2747 Failed to issue read FCF record mailbox command DESCRIPTION The driver attempted to send a read FCF record mailbox command to start fast FCF failover FCF scan but failed to send the mailbox command due to the state of the adapter DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 64 gt EMULEX elx_mes2748 Failed to prepare for unregistering HBA s FCF record rc d DESCRIPTION The driver encountered an initialization error
12. All of the pre allocated IOCBs are in use DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0256 Issue FDISC Cannot send IOCB DESCRIPTION Unable to send the fabric IOCB DATA None ACTION Check the switch configuration elx_mes0257 GID_FT Query error lt ulpStatus gt lt fc_ns_retry gt DESCRIPTION The GID_FT CT request for the nameserver has failed DATA None ACTION Check the switch configuration elx_mes0258 Register Fabric login error lt mbxStatus gt DESCRIPTION The REG_LOGIN for the fabric has failed DATA None ACTION Check the port and switch configuration elx_mes0259 No NPIVFabric support DESCRIPTION The switch to which the port is connected does not support NPIV DATA None ACTION Check the switch configuration elx_mes0260 Register NameServer error lt mbxStatus gt DESCRIPTION The REG_LOGIN mailbox command has failed for the nameserver DATA None ACTION Check the switch configuration elx_mes0261 Cannot Register NameServer login DESCRIPTION Either a memory allocation issue or an invalid parameter was sent to the REG_LOGIN DATA None ACTION At least one message 0142 0121 0133 0134 0135 should precede this message Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 20 gt EMULEX elx_mes0262 No NPIV Fabric support DESCRIPTION The switch to which the port is connected does not support NPIV DATA None ACTION Check the switch configuration elx_mes0263 Discovery Mailbox error st
13. CPU ID gt gt proc vmware intr tracker You can find the IRQ NO corresponding to a vmnic by running cat proc vmware interrupts To see all IRQ Vectors and the CPU to which they are pinned run cat proc vmware intr tracker Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 12 gt G EMULEX Troubleshooting Introduction There are several circumstances in which your system may operate in an unexpected manner The Troubleshooting section explains many of these circumstances and offers one or more workarounds for each situation FC FCoE Troubleshooting General Situations Table 2 General Driver Situations Situation Resolution Port link fails to come up If an FC link fails to come up verify that an 8 Gb s adapter is not attempting to connect to a 1 Gb s device Only 2 4 and 8 Gb s devices are supported on 8 Gb s adapters For LP21000 adapters ensure the adapter is not in maintenance mode and that it is not running the manufacturing firmware For the OneConnect OCe10100 family of adapters ensure that the fabric port is enabled The Emulex driver is not loaded and all Use the Ispci command to determine if the Emulex ports are paths are down being properly identified If not determine if the driver iso was correctly installed You must have the correct driver for the installed adapter because the device PCI IDs are installed with the driver package Examine the var log vmkernel file for Ipfc820 log
14. Could not read the FCF record from the firmware DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2548 FCF Table full count lt count gt tag lt event_tag gt DESCRIPTION The FCF table is full DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2549 FCF disconnected from network index lt index gt tag lt event_tag gt DESCRIPTION The FCF has disconnected from the network DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2550 UNREG_FCFI mbxStatus error lt u mb mbxStatus gt HBA state lt port_state gt DESCRIPTION The unregistered FCFI has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2551 UNREG_FCFI mbox allocation failed HBA state lt port_state gt DESCRIPTION The allocation for the UNREG_FCFI mailbox command has failed DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 58 gt lt EMULEX elx_mes2552 UNREG_FCFI issue mbox failed rc lt rc gt HBA state lt port_state gt DESCRIPTION The unregister FCFI mailbox command has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2553 Ipfc_unregister_unused_fcf failed to read FCF record HBA state DESCRIPTION DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2554 Could not allocate memory for fcf record DESCRIPTION Could not allocate memory for fcf record DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2555 UNREG_VFI mbxStatus error lt u mb mbxStatus gt HBA state lt port_state gt DESCRIPTION The unregister VFI mailbox command has failed DATA None
15. Data x x x x DESCRIPTION IOCTL CT response error the driver is failing the IOCTL request This is a software driver error DATA 1 response buffer flag 2 Data Size ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1262 Failed to allocate dfc_host DESCRIPTION Could not allocate memory to the dfc_host_struct DATA None ACTION None required Link Events elx_mes1300 Link Down Event in loop back mode DESCRIPTION The driver received a link down event while in loopback mode unexpected event This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1302 Invalid speed for this board Reset link speed to auto x x DESCRIPTION The driver detected an invalid link speed Resetting the link to auto mode This is a software driver error DATA 1 Invalid speed detected ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1303 Link Up Event lt eventTag gt received Data x x x x x x X X x xX x x Yd DESCRIPTION A link up event was received It is also possible for multiple link events to be received together DATA 1 fe_eventTag 2 granted_AL_PA 3 UlnkSpeed 4 alpa_map 0 ACTION If numerous link events are occurring check the physical connections to the Fibre Channel network Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 41 gt EMULEX elx_mes1305 Link Down Event
16. ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 2 gt EMULEX Installing the NIC Driver Introduction Before using this product you need a working knowledge of NIC TOE TCP Offload Engine technology and the fundamentals of network storage devices Installing the NIC Driver and Management Software The Emulex driver is available inbox with the initial release of ESXi 5 0 Refer to the operating system guide for installation instructions Note Before installing the OCM for VMware vCenter software plug in you must install the NIC driver from the VMware software website Note Before installing the driver and management software verify that the firmware version is correct If it is proceed with the installation If it is not you must update the firmware and OCM for VMware vCenter software plug in To do this the OneCommand Manager Core Kit must be installed and the CIM Provider feature must be enabled Once you update the firmware and OCM for VMware vCenter software plug in reboot your system before proceeding with the installation For more information on enabling the CIM Provider see the OneCommand Manager Application User Manual Virtualization Features For the best performance you must install VMware Tools in each guest operating system For information on installing VMware Tools in a Linux or Windows guest operating system refer to the VMware ESXi Server 5 0 documentation Enabling the NetQueue Feature To use the multiple
17. FCF rediscovery mailbox command to start fast FCF failover due to a dead FCF asynchronous event but failed to send due to state of the adapter DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2774 Failed to issue FCF rediscovery mailbox command due to CVL DESCRIPTION The driver attempted to send an FCF rediscovery mailbox command to start fast FCF failover due to a Clear Virtual Link asynchronous event but failed to send due to state of the adapter DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 66 EMULEX New Events elx_mes2796 Mailbox memory allocation failed DESCRIPTION The driver failed to get memory resources to release an RPI The driver s heap is exhausted DATA None ACTION A server reboot is required to fix the exhaustion Contact Emulex technical support if the problem persists elx_mes2798 Unreg_vpi failed vpi 0x x mb status 0x x DESCRIPTION The driver attempted to unregister a virtual port index and failed The failure status is printed This condition is not catastrophic but is unexpected DATA None ACTION If problems persist contact Emulex technical support elx_mes2813 Mgmt IO is Blocked x mbox cmd x still active DESCRIPTION The HBA s management interface is marked as blocked in preparation for an online or offline state transition All user space access to the HBA via libdfc interface will be blocked This is a notification of a run state change only
18. No dfchba instance was available for a Link State event dropping This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1923 Exec format error Dropping rscn event DESCRIPTION No dfchba instance was available for a RSCN event dropping This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1926 Exec format error DESCRIPTION No dfchba instance was available for an IOCTL loopback test dropping This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 50 gt EMULEX elx_mes1927 Exec format error Dropping temp event DESCRIPTION No dfchba instance was available for a temperature event dropping This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1928 Exec format error Dropping dump event DESCRIPTION No dfchba instance was available for a dump event dropping This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1929 Exec format error DESCRIPTION No dfchba instance was available for an IOCTL loopback xri read dropping This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist r
19. add the following line for the OneConnect driver interface ethernet0 virtualDev vmxnet 5 Restart the VMs Steps 1 through 5 assume that eth0 is the interface added to the VM from the OneConnect Network Note The use of vmx NIC emulation requires VMware Tools to be installed in the guest operating systems For information on installing VMware Tools in a Linux or Windows guest operating system refer to the VMware ESXi Server documentation Configuring a Virtual Switch to Use Jumbo Frames To use jumbo frames you must increase the MTU Maximum Transmission Unit size in the vSwitch and also in the guest operating system For the best performance set the MTU to the maximum supported by the OneConnect driver which is 9000 bytes This requires the MTU to be changed in the virtual switch as well as the guest operating systems Note You can configure TCP Segmentation Offload TSO and jumbo frames using the vSphere client Setting the MTU Size in the vSwitch To change the MTU to 9000 run the following command for each switch in the console operating system esxcfg vswitch vSwitch lt N gt m 9000 where lt N gt is the number of the switch Setting the MTU Size for a Linux Guest Operating System To set the MTU of the OneConnect driver interface in each Linux Guest operating system to 9000 run the following command ifconfig eth lt N gt mtu 9000 where lt N gt is the number of the Ethernet interface on which you are w
20. could indicate a software driver firmware or hardware problem DATA None ACTION Report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0330 IOCB wake NOT set DESCRIPTION The completion handler associated with the IOCB was never called This error could indicate a software driver firmware or hardware problem DATA 1 timeout 2 timeleft jiffies ACTION If problems persist report the error to Emulex technical support elx_mes0332 IOCB wait issue failed Data x x DESCRIPTION Driver issued IO failed to complete in polling mode This is a software driver error DATA 1 error value ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0334 Unknown IOCB command DESCRIPTION Received an unknown IOCB command completion This error could indicate a software driver or firmware problem DATA 1 type 2 ulpCommand 3 ulpStatus 4 ulploTag 5 ulpContext ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0335 Unknown IOCB command DESCRIPTION Received an unknown IOCB command completion This error could indicate a software driver or firmware problem DATA 1 ulpCommand 2 ulpStatus 3 ulploTag 4 ulpContext ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0338 IOCB wait timeout error no wake response Data x x x x DESCRIPTION Driver issued IO did not get a wake signal in polling mode This is a software
21. driver error DATA 1 wait time 2 wake value ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0340 Adapter temperature is OK now DESCRIPTION Adapter temperature has reverted to normal range DATA Temperature in Celsius ACTION No action needed informational elx_mes0341 Ring lt ringno gt Cannot find buffer for an unsolicited iocb tag lt un ulpWord 3 gt DESCRIPTION There are no more pre allocated buffers available to handle unsolicited buffers DATA None ACTION Ensure this port is not being managed by multiple ports Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 25 gt EMULEX elx_mes0342 Ring lt ringno gt Cannot find buffer for an unsolicited iocb tag lt unsli3 sli3Words gt DESCRIPTION This is a multiple IOCB unsolicited command and sufficient buffer space cannot be allocated for it DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0343 Ring lt ringno gt Cannot find buffer for an unsolicited iocb tag lt un ulpWord 3 gt DESCRIPTION There are no more pre allocated buffers available to handle unsolicited buffers DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0344 Ring lt ringno gt Cannot find buffer for an unsolicited iocb tag lt unsli3 sli3Words 7 gt DESCRIPTION There are no more pre allocated buffers available to handle unsolicited buffers DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0345 Resetting board due to mailbox timeout DESCRIPTION A mailbox command fa
22. gt EMULEX Emulex Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Emulex Connects P007001 03A Rev A Servers Storage and Peopl gt EMULEX Copyright 2011 Emulex All rights reserved worldwide No part of this document may be reproduced by any means or translated to any electronic medium without the prior written consent of Emulex Information furnished by Emulex is believed to be accurate and reliable However no responsibility is assumed by Emulex for its use or for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent copyright or related rights of Emulex Emulex the Emulex logo AutoPilot Installer AutoPilot Manager BlockGuard Connectivity Continuum Convergenomics Emulex Connect Emulex Secure EZPilot FibreSpy HBAnyware InSpeed LightPulse MultiPulse OneCommand OneConnect One Network One Company SBOD SLI and VEngine are trademarks of Emulex All other brand or product names referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations Emulex provides this manual as is without any warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose Emulex may make improvements and changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without any notice Emulex assum
23. num gt DESCRIPTION An error occurred when processing queue related tags for an adapter in a particular slot This is a software driver error DATA 1 mbxCommand 2 mbxStatus 3 hbaqno ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1806 Mbox lt command gt failed No vport DESCRIPTION A mailbox command could not be communicated because there was no VPort associated with the mailbox command This is a software driver error DATA 1 mbxCommand ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1807 IOCB lt value gt failed No vport DESCRIPTION An IOCB command could not be communicated because there was no VPort associated with the mailbox command This is a software driver error DATA 1 ulpCommand ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1808 Create VPORT failed NPIV is not enabled SLImode lt mode gt DESCRIPTION The driver failed to create a port because the adapter was in wrong mode or was not capable of NPIV DATA 1 sli_rev ACTION Load the driver with npiv enabled on an adapter that supports SLI 3 elx_mes1809 Create VPORT failed Max VPORTs lt vpi gt exceeded DESCRIPTION The driver failed to create a port because the maximum number of ports supported by the driver is exceeded DATA 1 max_vpi ACTION None required The driver can not create any more VPorts elx_mes1810 Cre
24. the Message Log table shows the groups and defines the associated number ranges Table 3 Message Log Table LOG Message Verbose Mask Definition Verbose Bit Verbose Description LOG_ELS 0x1 ELS events LOG_DISCOVERY 0x2 Link discovery events LOG_MBOX 0x4 Mailbox events LOG_INIT 0x8 Initialization events LOG_LINK_EVENT 0x10 Link events LOG_FCP 0x40 FCP traffic history LOG_NODE 0x80 Node table events LOG_TEMP 0x100 Temperature sensor events LOG_MISC 0x400 Miscellaneous and FCoE events LOG_SLI 0x800 SLI events LOG_FCP_ERRORLOG_ 0x1000 Selective FCP events LOG_LIBDFC 0x2000 IOCTL events LOG_VPORT 0x4000 NPIV events LOF_EVENT 0x10000 IOCTL event LOG_DAEMON 0x20000 IOCTL Daemon events LOG_FIP 0x40000 FIP FCF events LOG_PROC 0x80000 Procfs events LOG_ALL_MSG 0xffffffff Log all messages Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 14 gt EMULEX Message Log Example The following is an example of a LOG message Jul 2 04 23 34 daffy kernel lpfc 0000 03 06 0 0 1305 Link Down Event x2f2 received Data x2f2 x20 x110 In the above LOG message e Ipfc 0000 03 06 0 identifies the identifies the PCI location of the particular Ipfc hw port 0 identifies Emulex HBAO e 1305 identifies the LOG message number Note If the word Data is present in a LOG message any information to the right of Data is intended for Emulex technical support engineering use
25. when preparing to rescan the FCF tables and needed to unregister an old FCF record This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2749 Failed to prepare for unregistering HBA s FCF record rc d DESCRIPTION The driver encountered an initialization error when preparing to unregister an FCF and needed to prepare the command This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2751 Adapter failed to restart status reg lt status gt FW Data A8 lt 0xA8 gt AC lt 0xAC gt DESCRIPTION The adapter has failed to restart DATA None ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2752 KILL_BOARD command failed retval lt retval gt DESCRIPTION The KILL BOARD mailbox command failed to complete DATA None ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2753 PLOGI failure DID lt DID gt Status lt Status gt lt Extended Status gt DESCRIPTION A PLOGI to lt DID gt was failed either by the driver firmware or target The lt status gt and lt extended status gt indicates why the PLOGI failed DATA None ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2754 PRLI failure DID lt DID gt Status lt Status gt lt Extended Status gt DESCRIPTION A PRLI to lt DID gt was faile
26. 1 nlp_rpi 2 nlp_flag ACTION Verify that all targets are still visible to the SCSI mid layer elx_mes0272 Illegal State Transition node lt nlp_DID gt event lt evt gt state lt nip_state gt Data lt nlp_rpi gt lt nip_flag gt DESCRIPTION The driver is completing a PLOGI but do not have the rcv_plogi flag set DATA 1 nlp_rpi 2 nlp_flag ACTION Verify that all targets are still visible to the SCSI mid layer elx_mes0273 Unexpected discovery timeout vport State lt port_state gt DESCRIPTION The discovery process has timed out DATA None ACTION Ensure all targets are visible Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 21 gt EMULEX elx_mes0282 did x x ndlp x pusgmap x x refcnt d ndlp gt nlp_DID void ndlp Ipfc_init c ndlp gt nlp_usg_map DESCRIPTION Driver cleanup has found a node that is still on the node list during driver unload or PCI hotplug removal DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0283 Failed to allocate mbox cmd memory DESCRIPTION Mailbox allocation error DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0285 Allocated DMA memory size lt alloclen gt is less than the requested DMA memo rysize lt reqlen gt DESCRIPTION Memory allocation was truncated DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0286 Ipfc_nlp_state_cleanup failed to allocate statistical data buffer lt nlp_ DID gt DESCRIPTION Memory allocation failed for node s statistical data DATA None ACTION
27. 2881 RRQ failure DID 06X Status x x x x DESCRIPTION The driver RRQ request failed driver write target DID and status values This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2882 RRQ completes to NPort x x with no ndlp Data x x x x x x DESCRIPTION The driver completes a RRQ but there is no node association This is a software driver error DATA 1 Status 2 Reason 3 loTag ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2884 Vport array allocation failed DESCRIPTION The driver could not create a buffer list of the vports This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support General Error Messages elx_mes2925 Failed to issue CT ABTS RSP x x on xri x x DESCRIPTION The driver attempted and failed to issue a response to an unsolicited ABTS from the SAN DATA None ACTION None If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 69 NIC Troubleshooting gt EMULEX The following section includes NIC troubleshooting information Be sure to check the readme txt file located on CD1 for other troubleshooting issues The following table provides ESXi Server NIC troubleshooting information for the OneConnect UCNA Table 4 ESXi Server NIC Problem Answer Solut
28. Adapter initialization failed when issuing a CFG_RING mailbox command This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem DATA None ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 33 gt EMULEX elx_mes0448 Adapter failed to init mbxCmd lt mbxCommand gt READ_SPARM mbxStatus lt mbxStatus gt DESCRIPTION Adapter initialization failed when issuing a READ_SPARM mailbox command This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem DATA None ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0449 Phys attribute Instance Error Defaulting to Ipfc_ attr to d Allowed range is min max DESCRIPTION A physical device attribute has an out of range value The driver is correcting it DATA 1 value written 2 minimum value 3 maximum value ACTION Write the default value elx_mes0450 Ipfc_ attr attribute cannot be set to d allowed range is Ymin max DESCRIPTION Sysfs attribute value written exceeds attribute range DATA 1 attribute name 2 value written 3 minimum value 3 maximum value ACTION Write a value within the supported range elx_mes0453 Adapter failed to init mbxCmd lt mbxCommand gt READ_CONFIG mbxStatus lt mbxStatus gt DESCRIPTION Adapter initialization failed when issuing a READ_CONFIG mailbox command This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem DATA None AC
29. CRIPTION The driver failed to allocate memory from the mempool for issuing a FCF read mailbox command during the round robin FCF bmask update DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2759 Failed to allocate memory for round robin FCF failover bmask DESCRIPTION The driver failed to allocate memory for the round robin FCF failover bmask DATA None ACTION Check that the system has enough kernel memory If not resolve the memory problem You may need to reload the driver after the you resolve the memory problem elx_mes2762 HBA reported FCF index go beyond driver bmask dimension DESCRIPTION The adapter reports an FCF record index that goes beyond the driver s internal resource dimension for the bmask DATA None ACTION Inform Emulex technical support about this message elx_mes2763 Failed to allocate mempool for read FCF record mbox command DESCRIPTION The driver failed to allocate memory from the mempool for issuing an FCF read mailbox command during the round robin FCF failover DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2765 Mailbox command READ_FCF_RECORD failed to retrieve a FCF record DESCRIPTION The driver failed to find an FCF record when the FCF table scan completed This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2772 Failed to issue FCF rediscovery mailbox command due to dead FCF DESCRIPTION The driver attempted to send an
30. Cl device group was detected DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1420 Invalid HBA PCl device group lt dev_grp gt DESCRIPTION An invalid adapter PCl device group was detected DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1421 Failed to set up hba DESCRIPTION Initialization failed to set up the adapter DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1422 HBA Unrecoverable error uerr_lo_reg lt ue lo gt uerr_hi_reg lt ue hi gt onlineO_reg lt OnlineO gt online1_reg lt Online1 gt DESCRIPTION The adapter has notified the driver that it has encountered an unrecoverable error DATA None ACTION Perform a dump from the OneCommand Manager application then unload and reload the driver Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 44 gt EMULEX elx_mes1423 HBA Unrecoverable error uerr_lo_reg lt ue lo gt uerr_hi_reg lt ue hi gt online0_reg lt Online0 gt online1_reg lt Online1 gt DESCRIPTION The adapter has notified the driver that it has encountered an unrecoverable error DATA None ACTION Perform a dump from the OneCommand Manager application then unload and reload the driver elx_mes1424 Invalid PCI device group lt pci_dev_grp gt DESCRIPTION An invalid adapter PCI device group was detected DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1425 Invalid PCI device group lt pci_dev_grp gt DESCRIPTION An invalid adapter PCI device group was detected DATA None ACTION None required elx_me
31. DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2822 IOCB failed s iotag 0x x xri 0x x DESCRIPTION The driver is attempting to drain an internal queue and failed The failure reason and some state variables are written to the console DATA None ACTION None required This should be a transient condition If not contact Emulex technical support elx_mes2823 txq empty and txq_cnt is d DESCRIPTION The driver has detected a discrepancy between the elements queued to the txq and the counter tracking the number or items There is nothing for the driver to do except correct the counter the txq is empty DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2824 Cannot re enable interrupt after slot reset DESCRIPTION The driver failed to re enable interrupts following a PCI slot reset command DATA None ACTION A system reboot may be required to fully recover Contact Emulex technical support if problems persist elx_mes2825 Unknown PCI error state x x n state DESCRIPTION The driver writes this message to the console when the PCI subsystem has detected an error on an Emulex port and called the driver The driver reacts by resetting the port in an attempt to recover DATA None ACTION None required Contact Emulex technical support if problems persist Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 67 gt EMULEX elx_mes2826 PCI channel disable preparing for reset DESCRIPTION The driver writes this message to the console
32. E Ox6 P2P then loop Ipfc_use_adisc 0 0 Off 1 On Yes Sends ADISC instead of Port Login PLOGI for device discovery or Registered State Change Notification RSCN Ipfc_devloss_tmo 10 1 255 Yes Number of seconds a remote port can drop from the SAN before that port is removed from the driver Ipfc_use_msi 2 0 use INTX min No Selects which interrupt 1 use MSI mode to use By default the 2 use MSI X max driver uses INTX VMware guidance is to use MSI X but MSI is available Ipfc_fcp_wq_count 8 1 31 No Configures the number of fast path work queues used by the host and port Ipfc_fcp_eq_count 8 1 31 No Configures the number of fast path event queues used by the host and port Ipfc_sg_seg_count 64 64 256 No Configures the maximum number of scatter gather elements the driver accepts in a single SCSI command Ipfc_iocb_cnt 1 1 5 No IOCBs allocated for ELS CT ABTS in 1024 increments Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 9 gt EMULEX Creating a Fibre Channel Remote Boot Disk For instructions on creating a Fibre Channel remote boot disk refer to the VMware SAN configuration documentation Chapter 6 Using Boot from SAN with ESX Server Systems Managing the ESXi Server Through the CIM Interface VMware on the Visor based ESXi platforms uses the CIM interface as the only standard management mechanism for device management OCM for VMware vCenter plug in software uses the standard C
33. I 4 device DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 28 gt EMULEX elx_mes0377 Error lt rc gt parsing vpd Using defaults DESCRIPTION Could not parse the VPD data so the driver is using the default values DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0381 Error lt rc gt during queue setup DESCRIPTION Could not set up all the queues that driver requires to exchange lOs with the adapter DATA None ACTION Reload the driver elx_mes0382 READ_SPARAM command failed status lt issue status gt mbxStatus lt mailbox status gt DESCRIPTION The READ_SPARAM mailbox command has failed during initialization The adapter has been set to error state DATA None ACTION Perform a dump with hbacmd and then try reloading the driver elx_mes0384 There is pending active mailbox cmd DESCRIPTION The mailbox commands have overlapped This command should have been added to the mailbox queue DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0385 rc should have been MBX_BUSY DESCRIPTION The completion handler for REG_LOGIN detected the IMMED_UNREG flag and attempted to issue the unreg_login command from an interrupt level The mailbox status should still be busy DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0387 Failed to allocate an iocbq DESCRIPTION Failed to get an IOCBQ from the list of available IOCBQs DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0388 Not a valid WCQE code lt hex
34. IM interfaces to manage the adapters in the ESXi COS and Visor environments and supports CIM based device and adapter management OCM for VMware vCenter plug in software also supports existing adapter management functionality based on its proprietary management stack and the standard HBAAPI interface To manage LightPulse and UCNA adapters including updating firmware on an ESXi host using OCM for VMware vCenter you must install the out of box Emulex CIM Provider on the host For more information on installing the OneCommand Manager Core Kit and enabling the CIM Provider see the OneCommand Manager Application User Manual Working with VPorts Virtual Ports Creating Deleting and Displaying VPorts The Emulex driver for VMware supports NPIV by default The only management API for creating and deleting a VPort and creating an NPIV enabled virtual machine comes from ESXi VPorts in the driver discover the fabric just like physical ports do and are subject to the same SAN delays As the number of VPorts increases the amount of time it takes to complete remote port discovery increases This is because the VPorts are created sequentially and each VPort executes discovery synchronously If your NPIV enabled virtual machines power on automatically powering on could take longer than usual This is normal for NPIV virtual machines Note Ensure you are using the latest recommended firmware for VPort functionality Check the Emulex website for the lat
35. INK mbox command to the adapter and the command failed This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem DATA None ACTION Report these errors to Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 23 gt EMULEX elx_mes0310 Mailbox command lt mbxcommand gt timeout DESCRIPTION A mailbox command was posted to the adapter and did not complete within 30 seconds This error could indicate a software driver or firmware problem DATA 1 hba_state 2 sli_flag 3 mbox_active ACTION If no I O is going through the adapter reboot the system If problems persist report the errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0311 Mailbox command x x cannot issue Data x x x x DESCRIPTION The driver detected an HBA error and can t issue the mailbox This is a software driver error DATA 1 sli flags 2 hba flags ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0312 Ring lt ringno gt handler portRspPut lt rspPutlnx gt is bigger then rsp ring lt numRiocb gt DESCRIPTION The IOCB command rings put pointer is ahead of the get pointer DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0315 Ring lt ringno gt issue portCmdGet lt local_getidx gt is bigger then cmd ring lt max_cmd_idx gt DESCRIPTION The port cmd ring get index is greater than the size of cmd ring This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem DATA None ACTION Report these errors t
36. IPTION Failed to create the minimum fast path event queues DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2576 Failed allocate memory for fast path EQ record array DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate memory for the fast path EQ record array DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2577 Failed allocate memory for fast path CQ record array DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate memory for the fast path CQ record array DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2578 Failed allocate memory for fast path WQ record array DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate memory for the fast path WQ record array DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2581 Not enough WQs lt sli4_hba max cfg_param max_wq gt from the pci function for supporting FCP WQs lt cfg_fcp_wq_count gt DESCRIPTION The driver was not configured with the minimum number of fast path work queues DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2597 Mailbox command lt vpi gt lt mbxCommand gt cannot issue DESCRIPTION A synchronous mailbox command failed after blocking asynchronous mailbox commands DATA 1 sli4_mbx_opcode 2 sli_flag 3 flag ACTION None required elx_mes2598 Adapter Link is disabled DESCRIPTION The adapter link is disabled DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2599 Adapter failed to issue DOWN_LINK mbox command rc lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The adapter failed to issue a DOWN_LINK mailbox command DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2600 Ipfc
37. OCM for VMware vCenter software plug in you must install the iSCSI driver from the VMware software website Note Before installing the driver and management software verify that the firmware version is correct If it is proceed with the installation If it is not you must update the firmware and OCM for VMware vCenter software plug in To do this the OneCommand Manager Core Kit must be installed and the CIM Provider feature must be enabled Once you update the firmware and OCM for VMware vCenter software plug in reboot your system before proceeding with the installation For more information on enabling the CIM Provider see the OneCommand Manager Application User Manual Updating the Drivers with VMware Offline Bundle Media Note VMware recommends using the offline bundle to upgrade software on VMware platforms For more information about the ESXi Patch Management activities refer to the VMware website To update a driver with the offline bundle media 1 Run the following command esxcli software vib install d lt absolute_path_to_bundle gt lt driver_name gt offline bundle zip where lt driver_name gt represents the FC FCoE NIC or iSCSI driver For example to update the FC FCoE driver the command is esxcli software vib install d lt absolute_path_to_bundle gt Emulex FCoE FC lpfc820 offline bundle zip 2 Reboot the VMware ESXi Server to activate the new drivers Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Man
38. QE DATA None ACTION None required FCP Traffic History elx_mes0700 Bus Reset on target lt i gt failed DESCRIPTION The bus reset for the specified target failed DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 39 gt EMULEX elx_mes0706 0706 IOCB Abort failed outstanding d failed d DESCRIPTION The driver did not recover all I O following a reset task management command DATA 1 outstanding IO count 2 number of unrecovered IO ACTION None required ESXi tries to recover If problems persist contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0713 SCSI layer issued Device Reset d d reset status x x flush status x x DESCRIPTION A device reset has completed on tgt lun Status values are displayed DATA 1 tgt 2 lun 3 task mgmt status 4 flush status ACTION None required elx_mes0714 SCSI layer issued bus reset DESCRIPTION The SCSI layer is requesting the driver to abort all I Os to all targets on this adapter DATA 1 ret ACTION Check the state of the targets in question elx_mes0718 Unable to dma_map single request_buffer x x DESCRIPTION The driver could not map a single virtual address to a dma address DATA 1 dma mapping error ACTION None required The driver fails the I O back to ESXi elx_mes0721 Device Reset rport failure rdata lt rdata gt DESCRIPTION The Rport reset has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0724 I O flush failur
39. READ_REV mailbox command This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem DATA None ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0440 Adapter failed to init READ REV has missing revision information DESCRIPTION A firmware revision initialization error was detected This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem DATA None ACTION Update the firmware If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0442 Adapter failed to init moxCmd lt mbxCommand gt CONFIG_PORT mbxStatus lt mbxStatus gt DESCRIPTION Adapter initialization failed when issuing a CONFIG_PORT mailbox command This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem DATA 1 hbainit ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0443 Adapter failed to set maximum DMA length mbxStatus lt u mb mbxStatus gt DESCRIPTION Cannot set the maximum DMA length to reflect cfg_pci_max_read DATA None ACTION Set module parameter Ipfc_pci_max_read to 512 1024 2048 or 4096 elx_mes0445 Firmware initialization failed DESCRIPTION The driver was unable to initialize the hardware This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem DATA None ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0446 Adapter failed to init mbxCmd lt mbxCommand gt CFG_RING mbxStatus lt mbxStatus gt ring lt num gt DESCRIPTION
40. TA None ACTION None required elx_mes0397 The mbuf allocation failed DESCRIPTION The asynchronous link event handler could not allocate DMA able memory for the READ_LA mailbox command DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0398 Invalid link fault code lt hex link_fault gt DESCRIPTION The attempt to read the link attention register has returned an unknown value DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0399 Invalid link attention type lt hex link_type gt DESCRIPTION The READ_LA mailbox command has returned an invalid link type DATA None ACTION None required Initialization Events elx_mes0400 Phys Attribute Count Exceeded Max d Actual d DESCRIPTION Too many driver configuration parameters have been set The limit is given as Max DATA 1 Maximum number 2 Actual number ACTION Reduce the number of actual parameters Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 30 gt EMULEX elx_mes0402 Cannot find virtual addr for buffer tag on ring lt ringno gt DESCRIPTION A DMA buffer is not available for this unsolicited command DATA 1 tag 2 next 3 prev 4 postbufq_cnt ACTION None required elx_mes0403 Ipfc_nodev_tmo attribute cannot be set to lt val gt allowed range is lt LPFC_MIN_DEVLOSS_TMO gt lt LPFC_MAX_DEVLOSS_TMO gt DESCRIPTION Attempt to set the nodev timeout value is outside the range of the devloss timeout range DATA None ACTION Set the nodev timeout betw
41. TION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0454 Adapter failed to init moxCmd lt mbxCommand gt INIT_LINK mbxStatus lt mbxStatus gt DESCRIPTION Adapter initialization failed when issuing an INIT_LINK mailbox command This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem DATA None ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0456 Adapter failed to issue ASYNCEVT_ENABLE mbox status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command to enable an asynchronous event notification failed DATA None ACTION Ensure the adapter firmware is current Reload the driver elx_mes0457 Adapter Hardware Error DESCRIPTION The driver received an interrupt indicating a possible hardware or firmware problem Data 1 status 2 status1 3 status2 ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0472 Unknown PCI error state x x DESCRIPTION The PCI bus has detected an error DATA 1 state value ACTION Driver resets the adapter and attempts recovery If problem persists contact Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 34 gt EMULEX elx_mes0474 Unable to allocate memory for issuing MBOX_CONFIG_MSI command DESCRIPTION Mailbox memory pool allocation error DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0475 Not configured for supporting MSI X cfg_use_msi lt cfg_use_msi gt DESCRIPTION The I
42. _sli_read_serdes_param failed to allocate mailbox memory DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate mailbox memory DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 61 gt EMULEX elx_mes2605 Ipfc_dump_static_vport memory allocation failed DESCRIPTION Memory allocation failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2606 No NPIV Fabric support DESCRIPTION No NPIV fabric support DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2607 Failed to allocate init_vpi mailbox DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate init_vpi mailbox DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2608 Failed to issue init_vpi mailbox DESCRIPTION Failed to issue init_vpi mailbox DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2609 Init VPI mailbox failed lt u mb mbxStatus gt DESCRIPTION Initialization of VPI mailbox has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2610 HBA FCF index goes beyond driver s resource dimension DESCRIPTION While updating the round robin FCF bmask the FCF index goes beyond the driver s internal resource dimension DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2619 Config region 23 has bad signature DESCRIPTION Configuration region 23 has an invalid signature DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2620 Config region 23 has bad version DESCRIPTION Configuration region 23 has an invalid version DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2621 Failed to allocate mbox for query firmware
43. add_ status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command sent to post the RPUI header pages to the firmware has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2515 ADD_FCF_RECORD mailbox failed with status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command to add the FCF record has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2519 Unable to allocate memory for issuing NOP mailbox command DESCRIPTION Memory allocation for this mailbox command has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2521 READ_FCF_RECORD mailbox failed with status lt shdr_status gt add_ status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx DESCRIPTION The READ_FCF_RECORD mailbox command has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2522 Synchronous READ_FCF_RECORD mailbox failed with status x x add_ status x x DESCRIPTION Driver failed to read the active FCF Record on an FCoE link FCF may not be available This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2523 Allocated DMA memory size lt alloc_len gt is less than the requested DMA memory size lt req_len gt DESCRIPTION The ADD_FCF_RECORD mailbox command failed to retrieve the length required from the firmware DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2524 Failed to get the non embedded SGE virtual address DESCRIPTION The READ_FCF_RECORD mailbox command could not retri
44. ailable DESCRIPTION The driver could not allocate IOCBs needed to post loopback receive buffers This is a software driver error DATA 1 2 3 ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1951 ENOMEM MBUF resource not available DESCRIPTION The driver failed to get memory buffers needed for a loopback test This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1952 ENOMEM DMA resource not available DESCRIPTION The driver failed to get DMA buffers needed for a loopback test This is a software driver error DATA 1 2 3 ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1957 EPERM Illegal BDE count d DESCRIPTION The driver received too many receive buffers for a loopback operation This is a software driver error DATA 1 receive buffer count ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2000 Failed to allocate mbox for READ_FCF cmd DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate mbox for the READ FCF command DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2001 Unable to allocate memory for issuing SLI CONFIG_SPECIAL mailbox command DESCRIPTION Unable to allocate memory for issuing the SLI_CONFIG_SPECIAL mailbox command DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2002 Error Could not grow rpi count DESCRIPTION An error occurred bec
45. ameServer a request but the response returned an error DATA None ACTION None The driver will retry the command Should the discovery continue to fail contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0246 RegLogin failed DESCRIPTION The firmware returned a failure for the specified RegLogin DATA 1 Did 2 mbxStatus 3 hbaState ACTION This message indicates that the firmware could not do a RegLogin for the specified Did There may be a limitation on how many nodes an adapter can see elx_mes0249 Cannot issue Register Fabric login Err lt err gt DESCRIPTION Could not issue the fabric RegLogin the error value is unique for each possible failure DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0251 NameServer login no memory DESCRIPTION Could not allocate memory for the NDLP structure DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0252 Cannot issue NameServer login DESCRIPTION Could not issue an ELS PLOGI to the nameserver DID DATA None ACTION Check the port connection and switch configuration Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 19 gt EMULEX elx_mes0253 Register VPI Can t send mbox DESCRIPTION Could not issue the REG_LOGIN command for this VPort DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0254 Register VPI no memory goto mbox_err_exit DESCRIPTION Could not allocate memory for the REG_LOGIN mailbox command DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0255 Issue FDISC no IOCB DESCRIPTION
46. ate lt port_state gt lt sparam_mbox gt lt cfglink_mbox gt DESCRIPTION Either the driver could not allocate resources or it could not send sparam_mbox or cfglink_mbox DATA 1 address of sparam_mbox command 2 address of cfglink_mbox command ACTION Unload and reload the driver elx_mes0264 No NPIV Fabric support DESCRIPTION The switch to which the port is connected does not support NPIV DATA None ACTION Check the switch configuration elx_mes0266 Issue NameServer Req lt cmdcode gt err lt rc gt Data lt fc_flag gt lt fc_rscn_id_cnt gt DESCRIPTION The driver was not able to send the nameserver CT command DATA 1 VPorts fc_flag 2 VPorts fc_rscn_id_cnt ACTION Check the switch and port configurations elx_mes0267 NameServer GFF Rsp lt did gt Error lt ulpStatus gt lt un ulpWord 4 gt Data lt fc_flag gt lt fc_rscn_id_cnt gt DESCRIPTION The nameServer GFF CT request failed DATA 1 VPorts fc_flag 2 VPorts fc_rscn_id_cnt ACTION Check the switch and port configurations elx_mes0268 NS cmd lt cmdcode gt Error lt ulpStatus gt lt un ulpWord 4 gt DESCRIPTION The nameServer CT request failed DATA None ACTION Check the switch and port configurations elx_mes0271 Illegal State Transition node lt nip_DID gt event lt evt gt state lt nlp_state gt Data lt nlp_rpi gt lt nlp_flag gt DESCRIPTION The current node state does not have a handler for this event DATA
47. ate VPORT failed Cannot get instance number DESCRIPTION The driver failed to allocate resources for an adapter and could not assign an instance number This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1811 Create VPORT failed vpi x lt vpi gt DESCRIPTION The driver failed to create a port and had to eliminate all its resources This is a software driver error DATA 1 vpi ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1812 vport_delete failed Cannot delete physical host DESCRIPTION An attempt to delete a port failed because it was to delete a physical port and not a virtual port Only VPorts on physical ports can be deleted on an NPIV system This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 47 gt EMULEX elx_mes1813 Create VPORT failed Cannot get sparam DESCRIPTION The port could not be created because it could not be initialized possibly due to unavailable resources This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1814 Mbox lt u mb mbxCommand gt failed no vport DESCRIPTION The VPort field of this mailbox command was not completed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1815 Could not i
48. ated The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0523 Failed setup of fast path EQ lt fcp_eqidx gt rc lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The fast path EQ setup failed The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0526 Fast path FCP CQ lt fcp_cqidx gt not allocated DESCRIPTION The fast path FCP is not allocated The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0527 Failed setup of fast path FCP CQ lt fcp_cqidx gt rc lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The fast path FCP CQ setup failed The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0528 Mailbox CQ not allocated DESCRIPTION The mailbox CQ is not allocated The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 37 gt EMULEX elx_mes0529 Failed setup of slow path mailbox CQ rc 0x x DESCRIPTION Driver failed to set up the Completion Queue A failure code is reported This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0530 ELS CQ not allocated DESCRIPTION The ELS CQ is not allocated The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0531 0531 Failed setup of slow path ELS CQ rc 0x x DESCRIPTION The ELS CQ is allocat
49. ause the RPI count could not be increased DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2007 Only Limited Edition cmd Format supported lt iocb ulpCommand gt DESCRIPTION SLI 4 only supports the Limited Edition command format DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 52 gt EMULEX elx_mes2008 Error lt rc gt posting all rpi headers DESCRIPTION The RPI headers could not be posted to the firmware DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2009 Failed to allocate mbox for ADD_FCF cmd DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate mailbox for ADD_FCF command DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2010 Resume RPI Mailbox failed status lt status gt mbxStatus lt mbx status gt DESCRIPTION DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2011 Unable to allocate memory for issuing SLI_CONFIG_SPECIAL mailbox command PTION Unable to allocate memory for issuing SLI_CONFIG_SPECIAL mailbox command DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2012 Mailbox failed mbxCmd lt mbx_cmd gt READ_CONFIG mbxStatus lt mbx status gt DESCRIPTION The READ_CONFIG mailbox command failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2013 Could not manually add FCF record 0 status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION Could not add FCF record to the FCF list DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2014 Invalid command lt iocb ulpCommand gt DESCRIPTION The IOCB command is invalid DATA None ACTION None req
50. be able to use HBACMD to interact with the device Warning alloc_skb failed Try increas Could not allocate skb structure to send a ing netPktHeapMaxSize frame received from the network to the OS Transient failure can be ignored Persistent message points to insufficient memory allocated for network heap For example to increase the heap size to 128MB run esxcfg advcfg k 128 netPk tHeapMaxSize Warning Invalid MTU requested Must be Invalid MTU size in MTU configuration ioctl between 64 and 8174 bytes The MTU is not changed Warning Invalid vlan priority labeled Request to set VLAN priority tag was made Must be 0 7 with invalid value Warning Failed to allocate memory for Memory allocation for pass through pass through command command failed The driver should continue to function The configuration utility that issued the pass through ioctl fails Warning Pass through command failed opcode The pass through firmware command with lt DDD gt status 0x lt XXX gt indicated opcode failed The driver should continue to function The configuration utility that issued the pass through ioctl fails Warning Command to modify EQ delay failed Firmware command to change the EQ delay failed The driver continues to function The adaptive interrupt coalescing does not function correctly NIC Adapter Firmware Error The following POST message appears if you have loaded firmware on the OneConnect adapter that the controlle
51. config cmd DESCRIPTION The driver failed to allocate mailbox memory DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 62 gt EMULEX elx_mes2622 Query Firmware Config failed mbx status lt rc gt status lt shdr_status gt add_ status lt shdr_add_status gt DESCRIPTION The driver could not read the firmware configuration DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2623 FCoE Function not supported by firmware Function mode lt function_mode gt DESCRIPTION FCoE is not supported by this firmware DATA None ACTION Use the OneCommand Manager application to update to the latest firmware elx_mes2705 Failed to enable interrupt DESCRIPTION The driver attempted to enable an interrupt mode This is a fatal error and the driver unloads This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2707 Ring lt Ring gt handler Failed to allocate iocb Rctl lt fh_rctl gt Type lt fh_type gt received DESCRIPTION The driver could not allocate an IOCB with which to associate this received frame DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2710 PCI channel disable preparing for reset DESCRIPTION The driver is resetting the PCI slot for this port starting preparations This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2711 PCI channel pe
52. cqe_code gt DESCRIPTION The event code is invalid This event is dropped DATA None ACTION Ensure the adapter s firmware is current elx_mes0391 Error during rpi post operation DESCRIPTION The driver was trying to post pages to the firmware to be used to keep target login information and encountered a failure DATA None ACTION Unload and reload the driver Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 29 gt EMULEX elx_mes0393 Error lt rc gt during rpi post operation DESCRIPTION The driver was trying to post pages to the firmware to keep target login information and encountered a failure DATA None ACTION Unload and reload the driver elx_mes0394 Failed to allocate CQ_EVENT entry DESCRIPTION The asynchronous event handler was not able to allocate an event queue entry to which to transfer the asynchronous event This could be a V LINK clear from the switch or a fatal error from the firmware DATA None ACTION Perform a dump from the OneCommand Manager application elx_mes0395 The mboxg allocation failed DESCRIPTION The asynchronous link event handler could not allocate a mailbox command to issue the READ_LA read link attention mailbox command DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0396 The Ipfc_dmabuf allocation failed DESCRIPTION The asynchronous link event handler could not allocate a DMA buffer for the mailbox command to issue the READ_LA read link attention mailbox command DA
53. d either by the driver firmware or target The lt status gt and lt extended status gt indicates why the PRLI failed DATA None ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2755 ADISC failure DID lt DID gt Status lt Status gt lt Extended Status gt DESCRIPTION An ADISC to lt DID gt was failed either by the driver firmware or target The lt status gt and lt extended status gt indicates why the ADISC failed DATA None ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2756 LOGO failure DID lt DID gt Status lt Status gt lt Extended Status gt DESCRIPTION A LOGO to lt DID gt was failed either by the driver firmware or target The lt status gt and lt extended status gt indicates why the LOGO failed DATA None ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 65 gt EMULEX elx_mes2757 Protocol failure detected during processing of FCP I O op tgt lt tgt ID gt lun lt LUN gt cmnd lt CMD gt rsplnfo3 lt rsplnfo3 gt DESCRIPTION The FCP response from a target indicated that the response length is valid but rsplnfo3 indicates that there is no failure This is a FCP specification violation by the target DATA None ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2758 Failed to allocate mempool for read FCF record mbox command DES
54. e ACTION Check the fabric to ensure it is operating correctly Contact Emulex technical support if problems persist elx_mes2862 FCF x x matches property of in use FCF x x DESCRIPTION The driver has found an FCF record that matches the properties of the current FCF record except for the VLAN id and Index The driver will attempt to use this FCF DATA None ACTION None required The driver is in its FCF discovery phase and is trying to recover a match to its in use FCF elx_mes2863 New FCF x x matches property of in use FCF x x DESCRIPTION The driver has found a new FCF record that matches the properties of the current FCF record but the record instance numbers don t match The driver is in its FCF discovery phase and is trying to recover a match to its in use FCF DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 68 gt EMULEX elx_mes2877 FCP XRI exchange busy wait time d seconds DESCRIPTION An FCP exchange cannot be released no port completion The driver is waiting This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2878 2878 ELS XRI exchange busy wait time d seconds DESCRIPTION An ELS exchange cannot be released no port completion The driver is waiting This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes
55. e lt Completion Code gt DESCRIPTION The completion queue handler detected an invalid type DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0147 Failed to allocate memory for RSCN event DESCRIPTION Memory could not be allocated to send the RSCN event to the management application DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0148 Failed to allocate memory for LOGO event DESCRIPTION Memory could not be allocated to send the LOGO event to the FC transport DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0150 SLI4 Adapter Hardware Error Data x x x x DESCRIPTION Driver detected a hardware error in an SLI 4 capable port This is a software driver error DATA 1 error 1 2 error 2 ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support Link Discovery Events elx_mes0200 CONFIG_LINK bad hba state lt hba_state gt DESCRIPTION A CONFIG_LINK mbox command completed and the driver was not in the correct state This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 17 gt EMULEX elx_mes0203 Devloss timeout on WWPN lt address gt N_Port lt nlp_DID gt DESCRIPTION A remote N_Port that was discovered by the driver disappeared for more than Ipfc_devloss_tmo seconds DATA 1 nlp_flag 2 nlp_state 3 nlp_rpi ACTION If the device generating this message is not a target to which the adapter is c
56. e for context lt cntx gt on lt tgt lun gt cnt x x DESCRIPTION The I O flush to the LUN TARGET or HOST has failed DATA 1 cnt of unrecovered IO ACTION None required The reset is retried elx_mes0727 TMF lt cmd gt to TGT lt TGT gt LUN lt LUN gt failed lt ulpStatus gt lt ulpWord 4 gt DESCRIPTION The task management command failed DATA None ACTION None required The TMF command is retried elx_mes0748 Abort handler timed out waiting for abort to complete ret lt status gt ID lt target id gt LUN lt lun id gt snum lt serial number gt DESCRIPTION The abort handler timed out waiting for abort to complete DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0798 Device Reset rport failure rdata x p DESCRIPTION The driver failed a device reset no rdata buffer This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 40 EMULEX Node Table Events elx_mes0915 Register VPI failed lt mbxStatus gt DESCRIPTION Could not register the VPI DATA None ACTION None required Miscellaneous and FCoE Events elx_mes1201 Failed to allocate dfc_host DESCRIPTION The driver failed to allocate a dfc host and bind it to the management stack This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1209 C_CT Request error
57. e required elx_mes2502 MQ_CREATE mailbox failed with status lt shdr_status gt add_status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command sent to create the mailbox queue has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2503 WQ_CREATE mailbox failed with status lt shdr_status gt add_ status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command sent to create the work queue has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2504 RQ_CREATE mailbox failed with status lt shdr_status gt add_status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command sent to create the receive queue has failed DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 54 gt EMULEX elx_mes2505 EQ_DESTROY mailbox failed with status lt shdr_status gt add_ status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command sent to delete the event queue has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2506 CQ_DESTROY mailbox failed with status lt shdr_status gt add_ status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command sent to delete the completion queue has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2507 MQ_DESTROY mailbox failed with status lt shdr_status gt add_ status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command s
58. e switch reported a bad WWN in a FLOGI request This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 15 gt EMULEX elx_mes0124 Retry illegal cmd x x retry x x delay x x DESCRIPTION A port rejected an ELS command as illegal The driver is retrying This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0125 FDISC Failed x x Fabric out of resources DESCRIPTION The fabric rejected an FDISC because the switch can not support any more Virtual ports DATA None ACTION Reconfigure the switch to support more NPIV logins If problems persist contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0126 FDISC failed ulpStatus ulpWord 4 n DESCRIPTION The ELS FDISC command has failed DATA None ACTION Check the port and switch configuration elx_mes0127 ELS timeout DESCRIPTION An ELS IOCB command was posted to a ring and did not complete within ULP timeout seconds DATA 1 elscmd 2 remote_id 3 ulpcommand 4 ulploTag ACTION If no ELS command is going through the adapter reboot the system If problems persist contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0133 PLOGI no memory for reg_login DESCRIPTION Memory allocation error DATA 1 nlp_DID 2 nlp_state 3 nlp_flag 4 nlp_rpi ACTION Memory allocation error Check system r
59. ed but failed initial setup The driver failed to load DATA 1 status ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0534 Fast path FCP WQ lt fcp_eqidx gt not allocated DESCRIPTION The fast path FCP WQ is not allocated The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0535 Failed setup of fast path FCP WQ lt fcp_wqidx gt rc lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The fast path FCP WQ setup failed The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0536 Slow path ELS WQ not allocated DESCRIPTION The slow path ELS WQ is not allocated The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0537 Failed setup of slow path ELS WQ rc 0x x DESCRIPTION The driver failed to setup the Work Queue A failure code is reported This is a software driver error DATA 1 2 3 ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0538 Slow path MQ not allocated DESCRIPTION The slow path MQ is not allocated The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0539 Failed setup of slow path MQ rc 0x x DESCRIPTION The slow path MQ is allocated but failed initial setup The driver failed to load DATA 1 status ACTION Contact Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 38 gt EMULEX elx_mes0540 Receive Queue not all
60. een the minimum and maximum devloss timeout range elx_mes0404 Config Param s set to x x DESCRIPTION Driver is setting a persistent VPort parameter to a new value This message is notification only DATA 1 New value ACTION None required elx_mes0405 Config Param s set to x x DESCRIPTION Driver is setting a persistent VPort parameter to a new value This message is notification only DATA 1 New value ACTION None required elx_mes0406 Adapter maximum temperature exceeded lt temperature gt taking this port offline DESCRIPTION The driver has received an error for the adapter indicating that the maximum allowable temperature has been exceeded DATA 1 work_hs 2 work_status 0 3 work_status 1 ACTION Ensure the server fans are not blocked Shut down the server if the airflow is restricted elx_mes0410 Cannot find virtual addr for mapped buf on ring lt ringno gt DESCRIPTION The driver cannot find the specified buffer in its mapping table Thus it cannot find the virtual address needed to access the data This error could indicate a software driver or firmware problem DATA 1 phys 2 next 3 prev 4 postbufq_cnt ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0423 Vport Attribute Instance Error Defaulting lpfc_ attr to d error value d allowed range is min max DESCRIPTION A Vport attribute was set out of range The driver reset the parameter to i
61. ent to delete the mailbox queue has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2508 WQ_DESTROY mailbox failed with status lt shdr_status gt add_status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command sent to delete the work queue has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2509 RQ_DESTROY mailbox failed with status lt shdr_status gt add_ status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command sent to delete the receive queue has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2510 RQ_DESTROY mailbox failed with status lt shdr_status gt add_ status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command sent to delete the receive queue has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2511 POST_SGL mailbox failed with status lt shdr_status gt add_status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command sent to post the SGL pages to the firmware has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2513 POST_SGL_BLOCK mailbox command failed status lt shdr_status gt add_status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command sent to post the SGL pages to the firmware has failed DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 55 gt EMULEX elx_mes2514 POST_RPI_HDR mailbox failed with status lt shdr_status gt
62. eport these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1934 ENOMEM DMA coherent resource unavailable DESCRIPTION The driver failed to allocate a DMA buffer for an IOCTL request This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1935 Loopback test did receive any data DESCRIPTION The driver ran a loopback test but did not receive a response This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1936 ENOMEM Kernel resource unavailable DESCRIPTION The driver failed to allocate a DMA buffer during a loopback test This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1944 ENOMEM kernel memory resource unavailable DESCRIPTION The driver failed to allocate a kernel buffer for a timed out IO request This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1949 ENOEXEC NULL parameter passed to function DESCRIPTION The driver attempted to post a receive buffer but no receive buffers were available This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 51 gt EMULEX elx_mes1950 ENOMEM IOCB resource not av
63. es no responsibility for its use nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties that may result Periodic changes are made to information contained herein although these changes will be incorporated into new editions of this manual Emulex disclaims any undertaking to give notice of such changes US patent notice is given for one or more of the following 6226680 6247060 6334153 6389479 6393487 6427171 6427173 6434620 6591302 6658480 6697868 6751665 6757746 6941386 6965941 6687758 7042898 7133940 7124205 7089326 6938092 6996070 Emulex 3333 Susan Street Costa Mesa CA 92626 Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page ii Supported Driver Versions Driver Version Comments FC FCoE Drivers 8 2 2 105 36 This is the initial release of this driver and it ships inbox Ethernet Drivers This is the initial release of this driver and 193551 it ships inbox iSCSI Drivers This is the initial release of this driver and 4 0 317 1 it ships inbox Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual gt EMULEX Page iii gt G EMULEX IMISTAN ATION u u y E E muu mu uuu 1 DriveriinfoOrmali ta u u a u Qa aq Qa q Qa Qasaqa 1 Supported Features ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaeeeeeeeeeeeesaeaeeeeeeeeeeesaaasaaaeeeees 1 New Features in this Release aa 2 Prerequisites
64. esources Unload unused modules elx_mes0134 PLOGI cannot issue reg_login DESCRIPTION The ELS PLOGI mailbox command has failed DATA 1 nlp_DID 2 nlp_state 3 nlp_flag 4 nlp_rpi ACTION Check the port and switch configuration elx_mes0135 cannot format reg_login DESCRIPTION Could not allocate an RPI or DMA buffer for the mailbox command DATA 1 nlp_DID 2 nlp_state 3 nlp_flag 4 nlp_rpi ACTION None required elx_mes0136 PLOGI completes to N_Port lt DID gt completion DESCRIPTION A PLOGI has completed for which there is no NDLP DATA 1 ulpStatus 2 ulpWord 4 ACTION None required elx_mes0137 No retry ELS command lt ELS_CMD gt to remote DESCRIPTION DATA 1 ulpStatus 2 ulpWord 4 ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 16 gt EMULEX elx_mes0138 ELS rsp Cannot issue reg_login for lt DID gt DESCRIPTION REG_LOGIN mailbox command failed DATA 1 nlp_DID 2 nlp_state 3 nlp_flag 4 nlp_rpi ACTION None required elx_mes0140 PLOGI Reject invalid nname DESCRIPTION An invalid node WWN was provided DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0141 PLOGI Reject invalid pname DESCRIPTION An invalid port WWN was provided DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0142 PLOGI RSP Invalid WWN DESCRIPTION The remote port set a PLOGI to a port with an invalid WWN DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0144 Not a valid WCQE cod
65. est firmware Note Loop devices and NPIV are not supported on the same port at the same time If you are running a loop topology and you create a VPort the VPort s link state is offline VMware ESXi supports only fabric mode Note You can create VPorts only on 4 Gb s 8 Gb s and OneConnect adapters You cannot create VPorts on 1 Gb s or 2 Gb s adapters NIC Network Driver Performance Tuning Network driver performance tuning improves performance of the network and the TCP Offload driver The UCNA is an x8 Generation 2 Gen 2 or Gen2 PCI Express PCle device and requires substantial system memory bandwidth to support 10 Gb s data streams Using vmxnet Emulation Enabling Jumbo Frames and TSO The UCNA supports jumbo frames and TSO both of which are necessary to achieve optimal performance with the UCNA Also the use of the vmxnet NIC emulator can provide a significant performance boost These features are not enabled by default in ESXi Server To enable these features 1 Log into the console operating system Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 10 gt EMULEX 2 For each guest operating system there is a vmx file in the path vmfs volumes lt VM NAME gt VM NAME gt vmx where lt VM NAME gt is the name of the virtual machine VM 3 For each VM edit this file and add the following line for the OneConnect driver interface ethernet0 features 15 4 To enable vmxnet emulation
66. eve the Scatter Gather Entry that was requested DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2527 Failed to allocate non embedded SGE array DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate the non embedded SGE array DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 56 gt EMULEX elx_mes2528 Mailbox command lt vpi gt cannot issue DESCRIPTION The mailbox command could not be issued because the mailbox interrupt is disabled DATA 1 mbxCommand 2 sli flag 3 flag ACTION None required elx_mes2529 Mailbox command lt vpi gt cannot issue DESCRIPTION The SLI layer in the driver is inactive DATA 1 mbxCommand 2 sli_flag 3 flag ACTION None required elx_mes2530 Mailbox command lt vpi gt cannot issue DESCRIPTION The SLI layer in the driver is inactive DATA 1 mb mbxCommand 2 sli_flag 3 flag ACTION None required elx_mes2531 Mailbox command lt cpi gt cannot issue DESCRIPTION DATA 1 mb mbxCommand 2 sli_flag 3 flag ACTION None required elx_mes2532 Mailbox command lt vpi gt lt mbxCommand gt cannot issue DESCRIPTION The mailbox bootstrap code detected that the SLI layer is active DATA 1 sli4_mbox_opcode 2 sli_flag 3 MBX_POLL ACTION None required elx_mes2533 Mailbox command lt vpi gt lt mbxCommand gt cannot issue DESCRIPTION The mailbox bootstrap code detected that the SLI layer is active DATA 1 sli4_mbox_opcode 2 sli_flag
67. he error the message displayed and the message description When reporting a problem with the OneConnect UCNA to Emulex check the message log proc vmware log and report any of these entries that may be present Note In the following table lt D gt lt DD gt or lt DDD gt in the Message Displayed column refers to decimal values that appear in the actual error messages Table 5 ESXi Server NIC Event Log Entries Severity Message Displayed Description Error BladeEngine POST failed Power ON Self Test of the OneConnect UCNA failed This indicates either a hard ware or a firmware problem Try rebooting the system after a reset Error BladeEngine 2 initialization Either the initialization of the OneConnect failed UCNA or the allocation of some resource for initializing the driver failed In most cases this message is accompanied by another more specific error message Try rebooting the system after a power cycling If the problem persists this could indicate a hardware problem or corrupted firmware Warning Using INTx interrupts Net The driver could not allocate MSIx vector for Queues feature are disabled interrupt The driver may continue to work but the performance may be impacted Warning WARNING Found a BE2 card in OneConnect is a x8 Gen2 PCl e device For Gen lt D gt x lt D gt PCI e slot Should best performance OneConnect should be be in Gen 2 x8 slot for best installed in a Gen2 PCI e slot
68. icates link up or down status When inserting or removing copper cables attached to a switch to the module link up or down events are not reported to the operating system There is no solution to this issue as the link status is not reported due to a PHY limitation on the card Flow control setting is not stored per port after rebooting the system With flow control there is no persistence across reboot It always starts with both RX and TX on For persistence run a config command from an RC file at reboot NIC Event Error Logging Retrieving ESXi Server NIC Error Log Codes For ESXi Server systems the NIC OneConnect be2net driver generates error codes to the var log vmkernel log file The vmkernel log file is an ASCII text file and can be viewed and searched with a text editor such as vi The vmkernel log file is automatically rotated as it gets larger and the rotated log files are named vmkernel x where x is an integer Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 70 gt EMULEX To search the log file for error messages at the command prompt type cd var log less vmkernel For example you might see the following message Sep 9 19 48 04 esx server vmkernel WARNING Found a BE2 card in Gen 1 x8 PCI e slot Should be in Gen 2 x8 slot for best performance ESXi Server NIC Event Log Entries The following is a list of ESXi Server network event log error messages It includes the severity of t
69. iled to complete The driver is resetting the port DATA None ACTION If the mailbox command fails again set the lpfc_log_verbose to LOG_MBOxX and retry elx_mes0346 Ring lt ring number gt handler unexpected ASYNC_STATUS evt_code lt evitcode gt WO lt hex w0 gt W1 lt hex w1 gt W2 lt hex W2 gt W3 lt hex W3 gt W4 lt hex W4 gt W5 lt hex Z5 gt W6 lt hex W6 gt W7 lt hex W7 gt W8 lt hex W8 gt W9 lt hex W9 gt W10 lt hex W10 gt W11 lt hex W11 gt DESCRIPTION The adapter received an asynchronous event that was not a temperature event DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0347 Adapter is very hot please take corrective action DESCRIPTION Adapter temperature is above normal range DATA Temperature in Celsius ACTION Shutdown and remove the adapter Contact customer support elx_mes0348 NameServer login node freed DESCRIPTION The enable mode failed to free up the nameserver login DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0349 rc should be MBX_SUCCESS DESCRIPTION The next mailbox command on the mailbox queue has failed DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 26 gt EMULEX elx_mes0350 rc should have been MBX_BUSY DESCRIPTION Attempting to unregister a default RPI from an interrupt context The mailbox state is not busy DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0352 Config MSI mailbox command failed mbxCmd lt u mb mbxCommand gt mbxStatus lt
70. ing VMs and Interrupts to CPUS aaa nsssssssasssssssa 12 J rouBIeshoolN gessisse 13 lied u i E EER 13 FC FCOE Troubleshooting eranan Lu uen aaawawanawawawanawanawawqwawawawkaqsawanaqnanawka 13 General Situations nn ll ln nn nn nn nnn nl ne 13 lp logos a o uu cect ches eect ek cee 14 Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page iv gt G EMULEX Mauere loke ito a EE E E A E 14 Message Log Example cccccccccccececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesneneneneneeenaeennseeeeaeneee 15 EL S EvenmilS yanu ua yaa u E 15 Link Discovery Events u a a aasssasasasasasasasasasasaqascqqasqawaqanaqaqawauqaa 17 Mailb x EVE M S uuu uuu uuu uuu ad dbdanadausiadubanatanadqunaauubanahuandgaad dan 23 Initialization Events a rrrrrssssssrssssssssa 30 Node Table EVGnts visecacctetasescastssnancnnnanstaesenst inne anunbesaanehanaeauanausnanabinas paskakun 41 Miscellaneous and FCoE Event ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaeeeeeeeeeeeaas 41 LINK Events maiaa aana aa aaan a aa aaa aa a aaa aa aa aaa a a aaa aa aaa araa aaa aa aa 41 Port Setup Events a r 42 JOC TE EVeNt Sucia aaa aaa AAA a aaa aaa 46 VPort EVENS iaaa aaa aE ETEA REAA TE AARAA 46 EPS EVENS aia a a a a a a a aa tua 49 New Events aa aa ssasnssssssssssssssssa 67 General Error Messages
71. interface feature in ESXi Server you must enable the NetQueue feature in ESXi Server The NetQueue feature is enabled by default To check if NetQueue is enabled run the following command from the ESXi Server console esxcfg advcfg j netNetqueueEnabled If it prints netNetqueueEnabled FALSE the feature is disabled To enable NetQueue run the following command esxcfg advcfg k TRUE netNetqueueEnabled Reboot the ESXi Server for the change to take effect How an ESXi Server Creates and Names Interfaces The NIC driver supports a maximum of four Universal Converged Network Adapters UCNAs per system For dual channel UCNAs running in standard operating mode the driver creates two interfaces one for each physical port The first and second interfaces are respectively named vmnicO and vmnic1 assuming there are no other network interfaces in your configuration The same applies to virtual NIC vVNIC capable UCNAs when vNIC mode is disabled in the adapter BIOS for those boards that support VNIC Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 3 gt EMULEX When vNIC mode is enabled in the adapter BIOS and the UCNA is in NIC only mode the driver creates eight interfaces four for each physical port When vNIC mode is enabled in the adapter BIOS and the UCNA is in FCoE or iSCSI mode the driver creates only six NIC interfaces The other two interfaces are reserved for the FCoE and iSCSI The interfaces are labeled vmnicO thro
72. ion 1 When there is a great deal of network traffic in some VMs a few VMs appear to have lost network connectivity 2 A lot of alloc_skb failed messages appear in the log file proc vmware log This could be due to low configured value for netPktHeapMaxSize Try increasing it to a higher value To read the current value run esxcfg advcfg j netPktHeapMaxSize A value of 0 indicates default 64MB To increase the size to for example 128 MB run esxcfg advcfg k 128 netPktHeapMaxSize netPktHeapMaxSize can also be configured through VI Client using Configuration gt Advanced Settings gt VMKernel After configuring the size reboot the system Unable to ping from one VM to another VM OneConnect driver creates two vmnic interfaces one for each port If these interfaces are configured as uplinks in two separate vSwitches the VMs in each of these switches are in separate networks with no network path between them Thus pinging between the VMs in the two groups fails If you want all these VMs in the same network configure them as teaming uplinks to one vSwitch option Each of the vmnics vmnic1 to vmnic16 must be configured in a separate vSwitch In this configuration there is no network path between the vSwitches and pinging between these VMs does not work When inserting or removing a 1Gb SFP RJ45 module on a OneConnect adapter without RJ45 copper cables attached the operating system ind
73. iscovery_threads 32 1 64 No The maximum number of PLOGI commands that can be outstanding for a discovery Ipfc_fcp_class 3 2 3 No FC class for FCP data transmission Ipfc_fdmi_on 0 0 2 Yes False 0 is disabled 1 or 2 is enabled depending on type of support needed Ipfc_link_speed 0 O auto select No Sets link speed 1 1 Gb s Note Not supported for 2 2 Gb s FCoE 4 4 Gb s 8 8 Gb s Ipfc_log_verbose 0x0 0x0 0x7fffffff Yes Extra activity logging bit mask Ipfc_lun_queue_depth 30 1 128 Yes Default max commands sent to a single logical unit disk Ipfc_max_scsicmpl_time 0 0 60000 Yes Limits SCSI command completion time in mS to control I O queue depth The default 0 means the SCSI layer maintains control Ipfc_scan_down 1 0 Off 1 On No Selects a method for scanning ALPA to assign a SCSI ID Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 8 Table 1 FC FCoE Driver Configuration Parameters Continued gt EMULEX Variable Default Min Max Dynamic Comments Ipfc_tgt_queue_depth 8192 10 8192 No The default maximum number of commands sent to a single target By default there is no effective limit at the target level Ipfc_topology 0 0x0 loop No FC link topology Defaults then P2P to loop If that fails the 0x1 internal driver attempts to link in loopback point to point mode 0x2 P2P only Note Not supported for 0x4 loop only FCo
74. iver s power management resume function could not start the worker thread DATA None ACTION Unload and reload the driver elx_mes0435 Adapter failed to get Option ROM version status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The driver could not read the adapter s option ROM DATA None ACTION Reset the adapter Ensure the adapter s firmware is current elx_mes0436 Adapter failed to init timeout status reg lt status gt DESCRIPTION The adapter failed during powerup diagnostics after it was reset This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem DATA None ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0437 Adapter failed to init chipset status reg lt status gt DESCRIPTION The adapter failed during powerup diagnostics after it was reset This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem DATA None ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 32 gt EMULEX elx_mes0438 Adapter failed to init chipset status reg lt status gt DESCRIPTION The adapter failed during powerup diagnostics after it was reset This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem DATA None ACTION If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0439 Adapter failed to init mbxCmd lt mbxCommand gt READ_REV mbxStatus lt mbxStatus gt DESCRIPTION Adapter initialization failed when issuing a
75. le pci device DESCRIPTION Failed to enable a PCI device during initialization DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1410 Failed to set up pci memory space DESCRIPTION Initialization failed to set up PCI memory space DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1411 Failed to set up driver resource DESCRIPTION Initialization failed to set up a driver resource DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1412 Failed to set up driver resource DESCRIPTION Initialization failed to set up a driver resource DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 43 gt EMULEX elx_mes1413 Failed to initialize iocb list DESCRIPTION Initialization failed to initialize the IOCB list DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1414 Failed to set up driver resource DESCRIPTION Initialization failed to set up a driver resource DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1415 Failed to create scsi host DESCRIPTION Initialization failed to create a SCSI host DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1416 Failed to allocate sysfs attr DESCRIPTION Initialization failed to allocate a sysfs attribute DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1418 Invalid HBA PCl device group lt dev_grp gt DESCRIPTION An invalid adapter PCl device group was detected DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1419 Invalid HBA PCl device group lt dev_grp gt DESCRIPTION An invalid adapter P
76. memory to hold the XRIs DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2564 POST_SGL_BLOCK mailbox command failed status lt shdr_status gt add_status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The list of XRI SGEs failed to register with the firmware DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2566 Failed to allocate connection table entry DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate connection table entry DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2567 Config region 23 has bad signature DESCRIPTION Configuration region 23 has an invalid signature DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2568 Config region 23 has bad version DESCRIPTION Configuration region 23 has an invalid version DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2570 Failed to read FCoE parameters DESCRIPTION Failed to read the FCoE parameters DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2572 Failed allocate memory for fast path per EQ handle array DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate memory for the fast path per EQ handle array DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2573 Failed allocate memory for msi x interrupt vector entries DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate memory for MSI X interrupt vector entries DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 60 gt EMULEX elx_mes2574 Not enough EQs lt sli4_hba max_cfg_param max_eq gt from the pci function for supporting FCP EQs lt cfg_fcp_eq_count gt DESCR
77. messages indicating an error In this case contact Emulex technical support Ipfc driver fails to recognize an adapter Upgrade the adapter firmware to the minimum supported and logs unknown IOCB messages in revision or newer listed in the installation guide the system log during driver load The adapter is running outdated firmware System panics when booted with a failed Remove the failed adapter and reboot adapter installed Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 13 gt G EMULEX Ipfc Log Messages Introduction Log messages have traditionally been organized into logical groups based on code functionality in the FC driver With the introduction of OneConnect UCNAs by Emulex that grouping is modified to account for new behaviors The traditional grouping is maintained but new messages no longer group together nicely The messages provided in this section are unmaskable error conditions They are automatically added to the system console log You can examine the var log vmkernel file to see any of these messages If you have concerns the best policy is to execute a vm support dump and push it to the VMware Emulex support staff Log messages are organized into logical groups based on code functionality within the FC driver Each group consists of a block of 100 log message numbers Most groups require a single block of 100 message numbers however some groups INIT FCP require two blocks Table 3
78. nd Management Software 5 Updating the Drivers with VMware Offline Bundle Media 5 CONTIQUIATION sibentenbhonnhbbbbdonbnenbonbbonbbumnenstbonnsnnntpentimnbumtbanamannmnnnbnnbban saan dean uuu saa 6 Introduction to FC FCoE Configuration siisii 6 Temporary FC FCoE Configuration Methods Using Native ESXi Tools 6 Permanent FC FCoE Configuration Methods Using Native ESXi Tools 6 Dynamically Adding LUNs and Targets 7 Emulex FC FCoE Driver Configuration Parameters eee 8 Creating a Fibre Channel Remote Boot Disk 10 Managing the ESXi Server Through the CIM Interface 10 Working with VPorts Virtual P r18 iiaa AANA 10 Creating Deleting and Displaying VPorts 10 NIC Network Driver Performance Tuning a 10 Using vmxnet Emulation Enabling Jumbo Frames and TSO 10 Configuring a Virtual Switch to Use Jumbo Frames 11 Setting the MTU Size in the vSwitch ieee 11 Setting the MTU Size for a Linux Guest Operating System 11 Setting the MTU Size for a Windows Guest Operating System 11 Pinn
79. network load requires more than 64MB of memory the OneConnect driver cannot allocate it When this happens the driver logs messages in the file proc vmware log indicating that the alloc_skb call failed This impacts network performance considerably To read the current size of the network heap run esxcfg advcfg j netPktHeapMaxSize netPktHeapMaxSize 0 Ifthe default value of 64MB is in effect this command shows the size as 0 If any other value is in effect the command prints that value For example to set the heap size to 128MB run the command esxcfg advcfg k 128 netPktHeapMaxSize esxcfg advcfg j netPktHeapMaxSize netPktHeapMaxSize 128 Reboot for this new value to take effect Interrogating the NIC Driver To get information on the installed NIC driver enter esxcli software vib list grep be2net This is a sample output esxcli software vib list grep be2net net be2net 4 0 227 1 10EM 369055 Emulex CommunitySupported 2011 05 31 Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 4 gt G EMULEX Installing the iSCSI Driver Introduction Before using this product you need a working knowledge of iSCSI TOE technology and the fundamentals of network storage devices Installing the iSCSI Driver and Management Software The Emulex driver is available inbox with the initial release of ESXi 5 0 Refer to the operating system guide for installation instructions Note Before installing the
80. o Emulex technical support elx_mes0317 iotag lt ulp_loTag gt is out of range max iotag lt max_iotag gt wd0 lt wd0 gt DESCRIPTION The loTag in the completed IOCB is out of range This error could indicate a software driver firmware or hardware problem DATA None ACTION Report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0319 READ_SPARAM mbxStatus error lt mbxStatus gt hba state lt hba_state gt DESCRIPTION The driver issued a READ_SPARAM mbox command to the adapter that failed This error could indicate a firmware or hardware problem DATA None ACTION Report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0320 CLEAR_LA mbxStatus error lt mbxStatus gt hba state lt hba_state gt DESCRIPTION The driver issued a CLEAR_LA mbox command to the adapter that failed This error could indicate a firmware or hardware problem DATA None ACTION Report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0323 Unknown Mailbox command lt mbxCommand gt Cmpl DESCRIPTION A unknown mailbox command completed This error could indicate a software driver firmware or hardware problem DATA None ACTION Report these errors to Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 24 gt EMULEX elx_mes0324 Config port initialization error mbxCmd lt mbxCommand gt READ_NVPARM mbxStatus lt mbxStatus gt DESCRIPTION A read nvparams mailbox command failed during port configuration This error
81. oad the driver elx_mes0494 Unable to allocate memory for issuing SLI_FUNCTION_RESET mailbox command DESCRIPTION Mailbox memory pool allocation error The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 35 gt EMULEX elx_mes0495 SLI_FUNCTION_RESET mailbox failed with status lt shdr_status gt add_ status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION Mailbox command failed The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0496 Failed allocate slow path EQ DESCRIPTION The event queue for the slow path was not allocated DATA None ACTION Unload and reload the driver elx_mes0497 Failed allocate fast path EQ DESCRIPTION The event queue for the fast path was not allocated DATA None ACTION Unload and reload the driver elx_mes0499 Failed allocate fast path FCP CQ lt fcp_cqidx gt DESCRIPTION The completion queue event for the fast path could not be allocated The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0500 Failed allocate slow path mailbox CQ DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate slow path mailbox CQ The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0501 Failed allocate slow path ELS CQ DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate slow path ELS CQ The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Em
82. ocated DESCRIPTION The Receive Queue is not allocated The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0541 Failed setup of Receive Queue rc 0x x DESCRIPTION The Receive Queue is allocated but failed setup The driver failed to load DATA 1 status ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0542 Ipfc_create_static_vport failed to allocate mailbox memory DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate mailbox memory for VPort creation Static VPorts do not load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0543 Ipfc_create_static_vport failed to allocate vport_info DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate VPort_info Static VPorts do not load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0545 Ipfc_create_static_vport bad information header 0x x 0x x le32_to_cpu vport_info gt signature le32_to_cpu vport_info gt rev amp VPORT_INFO_REV_MASk DESCRIPTION Invalid information header the signature or revision is invalid DATA None ACTION Static VPorts does not load Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0582 Error lt rc gt during sgl post operation DESCRIPTION The SGL post operation failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0602 Failed to allocate CQ_EVENT entry DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate a CQ_EVENT entry DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0603 Invalid work queue CQE subtype lt subtype gt DESCRIPTION Invalid work queue C
83. only Note Unless otherwise noted in the ACTION report these errors to Emulex technical support Emulex requests that when reporting occurrences of these error messages you provide a tarball of all vmkernel files in var log ELS Events elx_mes0100 FLOGI failure Status lt status gt lt extended_status gt TMO lt timeout gt DESCRIPTION An ELS FLOGI command that was sent to the fabric failed DATA 1 ulpStatus 2 ulpWord 4 3 ulpTimeout ACTION This error could indicate a fabric configuration error or internal driver issue If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0111 Dropping received ELS cmd DESCRIPTION The driver dropped an ELS Response ring entry This error could indicate a software driver or firmware problem DATA 1 ulpStatus 2 ulpWord 4 3 ulpTimeout ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0113 An FLOGI ELS command lt elsCmd gt was received from DID lt did gt in Loop Mode DESCRIPTION While in loop mode an unknown or unsupported ELS command was received DATA None ACTION Check the device DID elx_mes0115 Unknown ELS command lt elsCmd gt received from N_Port lt did gt DESCRIPTION Received an unsupported ELS command from a remote N_Port DATA None ACTION Check remote N_Port for a potential problem elx_mes0122 FDISC Failed x x Fabric Detected Bad WWN DESCRIPTION Driver s FDISC failed Th
84. onnected this error does not affect the data integrity of the I O between the adapter and the attached storage and can be ignored elx_mes0206 Device discovery completion error DESCRIPTION An incorrectable error was encountered during device re discovery after a link up Fibre Channel devices are not accessible DATA None ACTION Reboot the system If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support Run with verbose mode on for more details elx_mes0207 Device lt DID gt lt WWN gt sent invalid service parameters Ignoring device DESCRIPTION Invalid service parameters were received from DID Ignoring this remote port DATA DID WWN ACTION Verify the remote port s configuration If problems persist report errors to Emulex technical support Run with verbose mode on for more details elx_mes0222 Initial FLOG FDISKI timeout DESCRIPTION The driver sent the initial FLOGI or FDISK to the fabric and never received a response DATA None ACTION Check fabric configuration The driver recovers and continues with device discovery elx_mes0223 Timeout while waiting for NameServer login DESCRIPTION The login request to the NameServer was not acknowledged within R_A_TOV DATA None ACTION Check the fabric configuration The driver recovers and continues with device discovery elx_mes0224 NameServer Query timeout DESCRIPTION Node authentication timeout node discovery timeout A NameServer query to the fabric o
85. orking Setting the MTU Size for a Windows Guest Operating System To set the MTU in each Windows guest operating system 1 Goto the Start menu and select Control Panel gt System Select the Hardware tab and open Device Manager Expand the Network Adapters heading Right click on the NIC and select Properties Select the Advanced tab and set the MTU value Cue a S Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 11 gt EMULEX Pinning VMs and Interrupts to CPUs The OneConnect driver supports MSI X interrupts The driver requests separate MSI X interrupt request IRQ vectors for each of the interfaces Pinning VMs and the IRQ vector to a CPU core helps provide the best performance from the OneConnect UCNA With a multi core CPU pinning a VM and the MSI X vector of the OneConnect driver interface configured in that VM to two cores sharing an L2 cache provides the best performance For example in a quad core Xeon CPU0 and CPU1 share a 4MB L2 cache If you have configured vmnic16 in VM1 for the best performance pin VM1 to CPU0 and the IRQ corresponding to vmnic16 to CPU1 To pin a VM to a CPU in the VI Client 1 2 3 4 5 To pin an IRQ vector to a CPU run the following command in the console operating system Power off the VM Click Edit Settings in the Resources tab for that VM Select Advanced CPU In the Scheduling Affinity frame select the CPU to pin it to Power on the VM echo move lt IRQ NO gt lt
86. orted features Supports the following protocols Network interface card NIC Fibre Channel FC Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE Fibre Channel initiator mode Internet Small Computer System Interface iSCSI Fibre Channel Protocol FCP FCP 2 Storage Network Industry Association Conformance Testing Program SNIA CTP compliant Storage Management Initiative Specification SMI S Version 1 1 Provider Supports the following topologies FC AL Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Point to point Fabric with auto topology negotiation Supports FC in band management Supports 1 2 4 8 and 10 Gb s capable adapters with auto rate negotiation 1 Gb s is not supported on 8 Gb s adapters Tested with up to sixteen adapter ports e Supports Common HBA API Batch firmware download capability Supports Reinstating Recovery Qualifiers RRQ for Extended Link Service ELS Supports Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PCI hot plug vendor specific Supports VPD Vital Product Data Supports NPIV N_Port ID Virtualization Adapter personality change support Supports iSCSI hardware offload Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 1 gt EMULEX New Features in this Release e This is the initial release of this driver for ESXi 5 0 Prerequisites There are no prerequisites at this time Compatibility Fora list of adapters that are compatible with this dri
87. ot the server If the issue persists contact Emulex technical support elx_mes1402 Failed to set up pci memory space DESCRIPTION PCI initialization failed DATA None ACTION Reboot the server If the issue persists contact Emulex technical support elx_mes1403 Failed to set up driver resource DESCRIPTION Driver resource initialization failed DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 42 gt EMULEX elx_mes1404 Failed to set up driver resource DESCRIPTION Driver resource initialization failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1405 Failed to initialize iocb list DESCRIPTION IOCB initialization failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1406 Failed to set up driver resource DESCRIPTION Initialization failed to set up a driver resource DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1407 Failed to create scsi host DESCRIPTION Initialization failed to create a SCSI host DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1408 Failure HBA POST Status sta_reg lt status reg gt perr lt port error gt sfi lt sfi reg gt nip lt nip reg gt ipc lt ipc reg gt xrom lt xrom gt dl lt dl reg gt pstatus lt port status gt DESCRIPTION The adapter s power on self test has failed DATA None ACTION Make sure the adapter firmware is up to date Contact the Emulex technical support if the issue persists after a system reboot elx_mes1409 Failed to enab
88. pfc_use_msi module parameter should have been set to 2 DATA None ACTION Set module parameter Ipfc_use_msi 2 elx_mes0476 HBA not supporting SLI 3 or later SLI Revision lt sli_rev gt DESCRIPTION The adapter does not support SLI 3 or SLI 4 DATA None ACTION This adapter does not support msi Set lpfc_use_msi 0 elx_mes0479 Deferred Adapter Hardware Error DESCRIPTION An adapter hardware error was sent to the driver DATA 1 work_hs 2 work_status 0 3 work_status 1 ACTION Perform a dump using hbacmd elx_mes0482 Illegal interrupt mode DESCRIPTION Driver could not set MSI X MSI or INTX interrupt modes DATA ACTION This could be a server issue Reboot If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0483 Invalid link attention link speed x x bf_get lpfc_acqe_link_speed acqe_link DESCRIPTION The link speed reported in the link attention interrupt is invalid DATA None ACTION Check the switch configuration elx_mes0492 Unable to allocate memory for issuing SLI CONFIG_SPECIAL mailbox command DESCRIPTION A memory allocation fault occurred when issuing a mailbox DATA None ACTION This could be a transient error If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes0493 SLI_CONFIG_SPECIAL mailbox failed with status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION Mailbox command failed DATA None ACTION Ensure the adapter s firmware is current Unload and rel
89. r discovery of reported remote N_Ports is not acknowledged within R_A_TOV DATA 1 fe_ns_retry 2 fe_max_ns_retry ACTION Check the fabric configuration The driver recovers and continues with device discovery elx_mes0227 Node Authentication timeout DESCRIPTION The driver has lost track of what N_Ports are being authenticated DATA None ACTION None required The driver should recover from this event elx_mes0228 CLEAR LA timeout DESCRIPTION The driver issued a CLEAR_LA that never completed DATA None ACTION None required The driver should recover from this event Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 18 gt EMULEX elx_mes0230 Unexpected timeout hba linkstate lt link_state gt DESCRIPTION Discovery has timed out and the adapter state is not ready DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0231 RSCN timeout DESCRIPTION The driver has lost track of what N_Ports have RSCNs pending DATA 1 fc_ns_retry 2 lpfc_max_ns_retry ACTION None required The driver should recover from this event elx_mes0233 Nodelist not empty DESCRIPTION Driver unloaded or a hotplug detected a node was still in use DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0237 Pending Link Event during Discovery State x x DESCRIPTION The driver logged a link event while executing SAN discovery The link event is pending DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0241 NameServer Rsp Error DESCRIPTION The driver sent the N
90. r does not support POST Error controller Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Firmware halted This firmware does not support this Page 72 gt EMULEX CIM Provider Troubleshooting The following error message may appear if the CIM hosts are not properly added to the OneCommand Manager Unknown or invalid host specified There could be instances when even with all the drivers CIM Provider and the CIM Client on a Windows machine are properly installed the CIM hosts might still not get added to OneCommand Manager Listed below are the most common reasons for this The machine with the specified IP is not reachable Try pinging the machine The specified protocol HTTP HTTPS is not supported by the CIMOM Most often the CIMOM will be configured to use HTTPS So if you are trying to connect with HTTP you might get an error Try using HTTPS instead The namespace specified is wrong Make sure the namespace for the emulex MN provider is root emulex The username or the password specified is wrong Verify that the username given is correct and try retyping the password The CIMOM is not running on the ESXi host Try restarting the CIMOM You can check whether the CIMOM sfcb is running by typing the below commands etc init d sfcbd watchdog status or ps grep sfcb Also if the CIMOM is listening to a different port than 5988 or 5989 the connection might not take place You can configure
91. rating System COS terminal window type esxcfg module s param value param2 value lt driver_name gt The lt driver_name gt is obtained from the vmkload_mod 1 call Look for the Ipfc prefix 2 Reboot the server Type reboot Note VMware does not officially support unloading the driver via vmkload_mod u If you must unload the driver contact VMware technical support Note NPIV port creation and deletion are performed by the VMware vSphere client or Virtual Center service Refer to the VMware documentation for more information Example of Permanent Global Configuration The following example sets lun_queue_depth the maximum number of commands that can be sent to a single LUN to 20 default is 30 for all Emulex adapters in your system 1 Locate the parameter lpfc_lun_queue_depth in Table 1 on page 8 Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 6 u Set the permanent value Type esxcfg module s lpfc_lun queue_ depth 20 lpfc820 Reboot the server Type reboot The new setting is used when the driver reloads To verify the setting type esxcfg module g lpfc820 Example of Permanent Per Adapter Configuration The following example sets lun_queue_depth to 20 for adapter 1 1 Set the adapter specific value Type esxcfg module s lpfcl_ lun queue_depth 20 lpfc820 Reboot the server Type reboot The new setting is used when the driver reloads To verify the se
92. rmanent disable for failure DESCRIPTION The driver has detected a fatal port error and is disabling the PCI channel This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2718 Clear Virtual Link Received for VPI lt index gt tag lt event_tag gt DESCRIPTION A clear virtual link was received from the fabric for this VPI DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2719 Invalid response length tgt lt TGT_ID gt lun lt LUN gt cmnd lt CMD gt rsplen lt RSPLEN gt DESCRIPTION The response length for this FCP command is not supported DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 63 gt EMULEX elx_mes2723 PCI channel I O abort preparing for recovery DESCRIPTION The driver is preparing a port PCI channel for reset recovery after an IO error This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes2726 READ_FCF_RECORD Indicates empty FCF table DESCRIPTION The driver requested that the firmware provide a list of FCF entries with which to connect and the firmware responded that the FCF table is empty DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2729 Unable to dma_map_ single request_buffer x x DESCRIPTION The driver was unable to map SCSI command scatter gather buffer This is a software driver error DATA 1 dma mapping error
93. s1426 Invalid PCI device group lt pci_dev_grp gt DESCRIPTION An invalid adapter PCI device group was detected DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1427 Invalid PCI device group lt pci_dev_grp gt DESCRIPTION An invalid adapter PCI device group was detected DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1428 Invalid PCI device group lt pci_dev_grp gt DESCRIPTION An invalid adapter PCI device group was detected DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1429 Invalid PCI device group lt pci_dev_grp gt DESCRIPTION An invalid adapter PCI device group was detected DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1430 Failed to initialize sgl list DESCRIPTION Failed to initialize SGL list DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1431 Invalid HBA PCl device group lt dev_grp gt DESCRIPTION An invalid adapter PCl device group was detected DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 45 gt EMULEX elx_mes1432 Failed to initialize rpi headers DESCRIPTION RPI headers required by the firmware failed to initialize DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1476 Failed to allocate sysfs attr DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate sysfs attribute DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1477 Failed to set up hba DESCRIPTION Failed to set up adapter DATA None ACTION None required IOCTL Events None VPort Events elx_mes1800 Could not issue unreg_vpi
94. ssue unreg_did default rpis DESCRIPTION Attempt to unregister RPI failed This is a software driver error DATA None ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1818 VPort failed init mbxCmd lt mailbox command gt READ_SPARM mbxStatus lt mailbox status gt rc lt status gt DESCRIPTION A pending mailbox command issued to initialize port failed This is a software driver error DATA 1 mbxCommand 2 mbxStatus 3 rc ACTION If problems persist report these errors to Emulex technical support elx_mes1820 Unable to select SLI 3 Not supported by adapter DESCRIPTION The adapter is not capable of operating in a given mode This is an informational message SLI 3 mode is only available on some adapters DATA None ACTION Do not attempt to force an adapter to run in SLI 3 mode if that adapter does not support SLI 3 mode Adapters that do not support SLI 3 are configured to run in SLI 2 mode Nevertheless it is recommended to use the auto setting 0 elx_mes1821 Create VPORT failed Invalid WWN format DESCRIPTION The port could not be created due to an invalid WWNN or WWPN format DATA None ACTION Provide a valid WWN when creating VPorts elx_mes1822 Invalid lt name gt lt xx XX XX XX XX XX XX XX gt DESCRIPTION An invalid WWN was used when creating a VPort DATA 1 type_name 2 wwn 1 3 wwn 3 3 wwn 5 4 wwn 7 ACTION When creating a VPort you must f
95. the sfcb CIMOM settings by editing etc sfcb sfcb cfg If you still experience problems when adding the host execute the following commands on the ESXi host and send the output to the Emulex technical support team vm support dump esxcfg module 1 esxcfg scsidevs a esxcli software vib list grep be2 esxcli software vib list grep lpfc esxcli software vib list grep emu esxcfg nics 1 lspci Send the var log syslog log file for all of the above operations Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 73 gt EMULEX APPENDIX A DHCP Recommendations If you use a DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server to obtain an IP address for the OneConnect UCNA Emulex recommends that you set up a reservation A reservation assigns a specific IP address based on the MAC address of the OneConnect UCNA If you do not reserve an IP address through DHCP then you must set the lease length for the OneConnect UCNA IP address to unlimited to prevent the IP address lease from expiring Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 74
96. ts default DATA None ACTION Set the module parameter between the minimum and maximum values elx_mes0424 Vport Attribute Count Exceeded Max d Actual d DESCRIPTION The total number of Vport attributes set exceeded the max allowed DATA None ACTION Reduce the number set attributes below max Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 31 gt EMULEX elx_mes0425 Ipfc_ attr attribute cannot be set to d allowed range is min max DESCRIPTION Driver attribute Ipfc_ attr was defined with an out of range value DATA None ACTION Set the parameter between the minimum and maximum value elx_mes0427 Cannot re enable interrupt after slot reset DESCRIPTION The driver was not able to enable the interrupt after an adapter reset DATA None ACTION Unload and reload the driver elx_mes0430 PM resume Failed to enable interrupt DESCRIPTION The driver s power management resume function could not enable the interrupt DATA None ACTION Perform another PM suspend and resume or adapter reset elx_mes0431 Failed to enable interrupt DESCRIPTION The driver failed to start the interrupt DATA None ACTION Unload and reload the driver elx_mes0433 Wakeup on signal rc lt rc gt DESCRIPTION A signal other than the LPFC_DATA_READY was received on the worker thread DATA None ACTION Unload and reload the driver elx_mes0434 PM resume failed to start worker thread error lt error gt DESCRIPTION The dr
97. tting type esxcfg module g lpfc820 EMULEX The following example sets lun_queue_depth to 20 for adapter 1 and lun_queue_depth to 10 for adapter 2 1 Set the adapter specific value Type esxcfg module s lpfcl_lun queue_depth 20 lpfc2 lun queue_depth 10 lpfc820 Note Type the command all on one line without a carriage return Reboot the server Type reboot The new settings are used when the driver reloads To verify the settings type esxcfg module g lpfc820 Dynamically Adding LUNs and Targets For instructions on dynamically adding LUNs and targets refer to the Using Rescan section of the VMware SAN Config documentation Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 7 gt G EMULEX Emulex FC FCoE Driver Configuration Parameters All adapter specific parameters have an IpfcX_ prefix where X is the driver instance number For example setting lpfcO_lun_queue_depth 20 makes 20 the default maximum number of commands that can be sent to a single logical unit disk for Ipfc instance 0 Dynamic parameters do not require a system reboot for changes to take effect Table 1 FC FCoE Driver Configuration Parameters Variable Default Min Max Dynamic Comments Ipfc_hba_queue_depth 8192 32 8192 No The maximum number of FCP commands that can be queued to an Emulex adapter The value cannot exceed what the adapter supports Ipfc_ack0 0 0 Off 1 On No Uses ACKO for class 2 Ipfc_d
98. u mb mbxStatus gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command sent to the firmware to configure the adapter to use MSI X has failed DATA None ACTION Ensure the hardware platform supports MSI X elx_mes0359 Not a valid slow path completion event majorcode x x minorcode x x n bf_get lpfc_eqe_major_code eqe bf_get lpfc_eqe_minor_code eqe DESCRIPTION SLI 4 The EQE is not valid DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0360 Unsupported EQ count lt entry_count gt DESCRIPTION Cannot create an event queue of this size DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0361 Unsupported CQ count lt entry_count gt DESCRIPTION Cannot create a completion queue of this size DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0362 Unsupported MQ count lt entry_count gt DESCRIPTION Cannot create MQ count of this size DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0364 Invalid param DESCRIPTION SLI 4 The post SGL function was passed an invalid XRI DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0365 Slow path CQ identifier lt cqid gt does not exist DESCRIPTION The Completion Queue ID passed in the Event Queue entry does not reference a valid completion queue DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 27 gt EMULEX elx_mes0366 Not a valid fast path completion event majorcode lt major code hex gt minor code lt minor code hex gt DESCRIPTION The major or minor code in the E
99. ual Page 5 EMULEX Configuration Introduction to FC FCoE Configuration This document describes how to configure driver parameters using native ESXi tools For a more comprehensive description of ESXi tools refer to VMware s public website If you have further questions contact a VMware technical support representative Temporary FCIFCoE Configuration Methods Using Native ESXi Tools There are four ways to configure the driver parameters Permanent global Permanent per adapter Temporary global Temporary per adapter Permanent FCIFCoE Configuration Methods Using Native ESXi Tools Permanent configuration requires that the new values be saved in the ESXi environment These changes are considered permanent because they stay in effect across system reboots To make changes that impact all adapters in the system global changes follow these steps See FC FCoE Driver Configuration Parameters on page 8 for parameter names and values Parameter values are in both hexadecimal and decimal Note The following steps must be executed from the Troubleshooting Administrative Shell environment because ESXi 5 0 does not provide a COS environment If your configuration does not provide access to this shell refer to VMware s vSphere or VMware s vCenter server manual for enabling driver logging Alternatively refer to Emulex s CIM provider documentation for driver logging 1 From the Console Ope
100. ugh vmnic7 assuming there are no other network interfaces in the configuration All eight vNICs are fully functional and support the same feature set as a standard NIC The vNICs can also be linked to a virtual switch in the same way esxcfg nics 1 list recognized nics esxcfg vswitch 1 list available vswitches esxcfg vswitch a vSwitchO create vSwitcho esxcfg vswitch A VMNet0O vSwitch0 create virtual machine network VMNetO and add it to vSwitcho esxcfg vswitch L vmnicO vSwitcho link vmnicO to vSwitcho The only difference is that in vNIC mode each of the four vNICs tied to a physical port share the port s 10GbE bandwidth Configuring VLANs The OneCommand Manager application supports virtual local area network VLAN filtering in the hardware To configure VLANs ona OneConnect interface create the vSwitch with the required VLAN ID and use this interface as an adapter to this vSwitch A native VLAN can also be configured in the guest operating system in VGT Virtual Guest Tagging mode For example using vconfig in the Linux guest operating system Configuring Network Heap Size in ESXi Server The amount of memory allocated by default for a network heap depends on the amount of memory configured in the system The ESXi Server network stack allocates a minimum of 64MB to the network heap to handle network data More memory is allocated to the network heap if the system is configured with more memory If the
101. uired elx_mes2015 Invalid CT x command lt iocb ulpCommand gt DESCRIPTION Invalid Command Type in the IOCB is not supported DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2017 REG_FCFI mbxStatus error lt mbx status gt HBA state lt port_state gt DESCRIPTION The REG_FCFI mailbox command has failed DATA None ACTION None required Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 53 gt EMULEX elx_mes2018 REG_VFI mbxStatus error lt mbx status gt HBA state lt port_state gt DESCRIPTION The REG_VFI mailbox command has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2022 INIT VPI Mailbox failed status lt status gt mbxStatus lt mbxStatus gt DESCRIPTION The INIT VPI mailbox command has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2401 Failed to allocate memory for ELS XRI management array of size lt els_xri_cnt gt DESCRIPTION Initialization failed to allocate memory for the ELS XRI management array DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2500 EQ_CREATE mailbox failed with status lt shdr_status gt add_status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command sent to create the event queue has failed DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2501 CQ_CREATE mailbox failed with status lt shdr_status gt add_status lt shdr_add_status gt mbx status lt rc gt DESCRIPTION The mailbox command sent to create the completion queue has failed DATA None ACTION Non
102. ulex technical support elx_mes0503 Failed allocate fast path FCP DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate fast path FCP The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0504 Failed allocate slow path ELS WQ DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate slow path ELS WQ The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0505 Failed allocate slow path MQ DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate slow path MQ The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 36 gt EMULEX elx_mes0506 Failed allocate receive HRQ DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate receive HRQ The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0507 Failed allocate receive DRQ DESCRIPTION Failed to allocate receive DRQ The driver failed to load The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0520 Slow path EQ not allocated DESCRIPTION The slow path EQ is not allocated The driver failed to load DATA None ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0521 Failed setup of slow path EQ rc 0x x DESCRIPTION The slow path EQ setup failed with a status rc The driver failed to load DATA 1 status code ACTION Contact Emulex technical support elx_mes0522 Fast path EQ lt fcp_eqidx gt not allocated DESCRIPTION The fast path EQ is not alloc
103. urnish a valid WWN elx_mes1823 Create VPORT failed Duplicate WWN on HBA DESCRIPTION The port could not be created because it would duplicate an existing WWNN adapter address The resources for the port had to be discarded DATA None ACTION Provide a WWN that is unique Drivers for VMware ESXi 5 0 User Manual Page 48 gt EMULEX elx_mes1825 Vport Created DESCRIPTION A port was created in the system This message is displayed at this level to ensure it is always appears at all log levels DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1826 Vport Disabled DESCRIPTION The port had to be disabled in the system DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1827 Vport Enabled DESCRIPTION The port had to be enabled after possible recovery from some errors DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1828 Vport Deleted DESCRIPTION A VPort was deleted DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes1830 Signal aborted mbxCmd lt command gt DESCRIPTION A pending mailbox command was aborted because the thread received a signal DATA None ACTION The command is retried elx_mes1831 Create VPORT Interrupted DESCRIPTION The port creation process was unexpectedly interrupted at a critical time while creating a VPort and the operation was unsuccessful DATA None ACTION Retry the command elx_mes1832 No pending MBOX command to handle DESCRIPTION No pending MBOX command to handle DATA None ACTION None required
104. vent Queue field is not valid DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0367 Fast path completion queue does not exist DESCRIPTION The fast path completion queue referenced by the CQID does not exist DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0368 Miss matched fast path completion queue identifier eqcqid lt cqid gt fcpcqid lt queue__id gt DESCRIPTION The CQID in the event queue entry does not match the fcp_cqid that was passed into the routine DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0369 No entry from fast path completion queue fcpcqid lt queue_id DESCRIPTION There were no completions in the completion queue referenced by fcpcqid DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0370 Invalid completion queue type lt type gt DESCRIPTION The event queue entry is not for a mailbox or a work queue entry DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0371 No entry from the CQ identifier lt queue_id gt type lt type gt DESCRIPTION There was no completion queue event for this event queue entry DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0372 iotag lt iotag gt is out of range max iotag lt sli last_iotag gt DESCRIPTION The IOCB lookup cannot be performed because the iocb_tag is out of range DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes0376 READ_REV Error SLI Level lt sli_rev gt FCoE enabled lt hba_flag amp HBA_FCOE_SUPPORT gt DESCRIPTION This SLI 4 only adapter setup function was called for a non SL
105. ver see the driver Downloads page on the Emulex website For compatible firmware versions see the Downloads page for the specific adapter Known Issues See the product release notes for the latest information Installing the FC FCoE Driver Introduction Before using this product you need a working knowledge of FC FCoE TOE TCP Offload Engine technology and the fundamentals of network storage devices Installing the FC FCoE Driver and Management Software The Emulex driver is available inbox with the initial release of ESXi 5 0 Refer to the operating system guide for installation instructions Note Before installing the driver and management software verify that the firmware version is correct If it is proceed with the installation If it is not you must update the firmware and OCM for VMware vCenter software plug in To do this the OneCommand Manager Core Kit must be installed and the CIM Provider feature must be enabled Once you update the firmware and OCM for VMware vCenter software plug in reboot your system before proceeding with the installation For more information on enabling the CIM Provider see the OneCommand Manager Application User Manual Uninstalling the FC FCoE Driver See the VMware operating system documentation for instructions Installing or Uninstalling the OCM for VMware vCenter Software Plug in See the OneCommand Manager for VMware vCenter User Manual for instructions Drivers for VMware
106. when it is preparing the port for a reset operation This message is notification of a corrective measure DATA None ACTION None required Contact Emulex technical support if problems persist elx_mes2827 PCI channel permanent disable for failure DESCRIPTION The driver writes this message to the console when a recovery mechanism has failed and the driver wants to mark the port with a permanent failure DATA None ACTION A system reboot may correct the failure If not contact Emulex technical support elx_mes2828 PCI channel I O abort preparing for recovery DESCRIPTION The driver writes this message to the console when it is preparing the port for a recovery operation This is a notification message of the recovery action DATA None ACTION None required elx_mes2831 FLOGI response with cleared Fabric bit fcf_index Ox x Switch Name 02x 02x 02x 02x 02x 02x 02x 02x Fabric Name 02x 02x 02x 02x 02x 02x 02x 02x DESCRIPTION When the driver completed a FLOGI the common service parameters did not indicate an FPort or NPort remote node The driver treats this as an error DATA None ACTION Validate the external cable connection and FPort Nport configuration Contact Emulex technical support if problems persist elx_mes2858 FLOGI failure Status x x x x TMO x x DESCRIPTION The driver issued a FLOGI but never received completion within the timeout period The driver marks the FLOGI as failed and stops discovery DATA Non

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